Get stiff!

[stumpXJ]

Got my stiffeners today. Less than a week shipping time, all the way to Germany! Thanks again guys, they look awesome.

~James

 

[BRIANHO13]

Glad they got there ok.

 

[bcmaxx]

Eventualy

SWEET!! couple months? years? planning anything to replace the front leaf shackle boxes? Mine happen to be seperating from the floor.

 

[BRIANHO13]

Hopefully months. Front shackle boxes are doable, but don't really know how big a market there would be.

 

[Secshunate]

I PMed about shipping to Canada...so far nothing back :wave:

 

[BRIANHO13]

I PMed about shipping to Canada...so far nothing back :wave:

Never got a pm.

PM sent back.

 

[IGOCOMMANDO]

Your website having problems? All I am getting from the links is:

Status: 500 Internal Server Error Content-Type: text/html
500 Internal Server Error

 

[BRIANHO13]

It's working now, not sure if there is a link issue in the signature.
http://www.hdoffroadengineering.com/

 

[yossarian19]

What happened to those rocker skins I read about a while back? That was you guys, wasn't it?

 

[ResurreXJion]

Those look great. I will buy a set for sure.

DAMN I hate overhead welding, though. I can already smell the slag burning my skin in a shower of pretty sparks as i lay on my back and try to get good penetration with my 20 year old POS snap on MIG box. :bawl::laugh:

Will PM once I revier finances. Awesome product!

 

[BRIANHO13]

DAMN I hate overhead welding, though. I can already smell the slag burning my skin in a shower of pretty sparks as i lay on my back and try to get good penetration with my 20 year old POS snap on MIG box. :bawl::laugh:

The best is when you hear it sizzling in your ear canal.....

 

[Kuffar762]

Sorry to dredge up a an old post for my first posting but are these heavier gauge than the Treks stiffeners? The look like pure beef and I am thinking I want to weld in some stiffness before I install my Iron Rock Kit.

Thanks

 

[chpmnsws6]

The best is when you hear it sizzling in your ear canal.....

Had that a few days ago for the first time! Thats the last time I ever lay on my side to weld! :flamemad:

 

[Begster]

Had that a few days ago for the first time! Thats the last time I ever lay on my side to weld! :flamemad:

Ear plugs.

 

[dgrigorenko]

Sorry to dredge up a an old post for my first posting but are these heavier gauge than the Treks stiffeners? The look like pure beef and I am thinking I want to weld in some stiffness before I install my Iron Rock Kit.

Thanks

no... they are not thicker, they are 10ga, which is somewhere between 1/8 and 3/16. which i think is a good weight strength comprimise. i have a set of these bad boys and they are pretty sweet!

 

[Prepmech]

Got mine finished up this weekend. They worked out great! Had a ton of stuff trying to occupy the same realestate on my framerails.

Here is the order of my frame sammich:

1. Stock unibody
2. HD stiffeners
3. Rubicon Express drop brackets
4. Stock transmission crossmember
5. JCR skid plate

Modifications:

Rubicon Express drop brackets
Had to egg out the holes to an oval shape with a carbide burr to allow them to drop down below the frame stiffeners. Took a total of about 10 minutes, and they fit great.

JCR skid plate
I drilled out, and punched out the rivet nuts that I had put in the "frame" that came with the skid. Then I mocked the skid into place with the stiffeners clamped in place. I marked the stiffeners, then drilled them on the drill press. I drilled though both sides of the "frame rails". After welding the stiffeners on, I bolted the skid through the frame, with a fender washer and lock nut on the back side. I will probably go back and sleeve the holes through the frame rails. It should be a lot stronger now, and easier to remove without the rivet nuts spinning in place.

I had to use a floor jack to push the skid into place. Once it was up there the bolts through the frame and transmission crossmember did a good job of pulling into shape.

Transmission crossmember
I had a weld nut break loose for the transmission crossmember. I knocked it out with an air chisel. I egged the hole for the nearest skid plate bolt out just large enough to fit a wrench in there with a new nut taped to it. It worked great.

I also ground all of the welds smooth before I painted the stiffeners, so that fitting up additional braces and brackets later would be easier.

They turned out great, and look awesome!

I should be able to get some pictures up soon.

 

[Prepmech]

Pics:

 

[Prepmech]

Sorry the pics didn't turn out very good, but you get the idea.

They are done for now, but after winterfest I am going to tie them into my rockers.

The RE drop brackets fit better now than they did before the stiffeners.

 

[FlexdXJ]

Sorry the pics didn't turn out very good, but you get the idea.

They are done for now, but after winterfest I am going to tie them into my rockers.

The RE drop brackets fit better now than they did before the stiffeners.

My JCR skid didn't make it on in time. I am gonna go ahead and run bolts through the frame instead of use the rivnuts. Those things look like a PITA unless you have the 100 dollar tool. What size bolts did you use Travis?

 

[Prepmech]

I used 3/8" bolts because I had them laying around. Next time I have it off I will probably replace them with 7/16 bolts that are a little shorter than what is on there now.