docchaynes
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- middle tennessee
DC wants 38.50 each for the sill reinforcement plates ( nutcerts or nut strips) that mount the trailer hitch.
Is there another source?
Is there another source?
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trailer hitch nutcerts
- Thread starter docchaynes
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RichP
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- Effort, Pa
The insert plates are usually about $17 a piece at the dealer, that comes to $34 for a set plus shipping. If you have a 96 or 97 and newer you should already have the passenger side one in there, the tailpipe hanger mounts to it.
andyr354
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- North Central KS
I just made my own from some 1" x 3/16" flat. Slide it in, mark hole locations, drill holes, weld nuts to back side. Simple and cheap.
Andy
Andy
AlohaBra
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- Northern Cal
If you buy a new hitch, it comes with new bolts which have a wire so you can pull through from the frame rail and then use a nut below.
Maybe you can fabricate this thread wire for your bolt.
Maybe you can fabricate this thread wire for your bolt.
mojpboy
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- Kansas City,MO
Whos is "DC"?
andyr354
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- North Central KS
Daimler Chrysler.
Mercedes (Daimler) owns chrysler.
Mercedes (Daimler) owns chrysler.
AlohaBra
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- Northern Cal
Yeh...they make the Jeep.
RichP
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- Effort, Pa
AlohaBra said:
They are pretty weak that way, the plate with the nuts welded on spreads the load out the entire length, the drop thru bolts do not.
- Location
- Louisville, IL
I made a set, took about 20 min. JIM.andyr354 said:
JEONLYEP
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- N 37° 48.485 W 100° 20.903
X3 for making them...
DAryl
DAryl
docchaynes
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- Location
- middle tennessee
My 96 must be in the transition. Not nut on the passenger side even though the tailpipe hanger in bolted on ( to what, I don't know).
Should I only expect to put in three bolts per side? No way to get in that forward bolt ahead of the frame hump?
Should I only expect to put in three bolts per side? No way to get in that forward bolt ahead of the frame hump?
Matthew Currie
NAXJA Member #760
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- Vermont, land of big clay
RichP said:
Not only that, but if you ever have to take them out, they can be a [sorry, can't use the expressions in my head on a family oriented forum, but think of nasty and despicable acts perpetrated on all the wrong victims, and you'll be close] to get apart again, and if you have to torch/grind/hack them apart, you'll end up having to fish the pieces out of the frame too, assuming you've managed to protect the fuel tank or remove it so you don't blow yourself to kingdom come.
I've removed bodged-in U-haul hitches from the last two Jeeps I got. Nut strips are really a lot better, and if you contemplate ever having to remove the hitch (for example to install a skid plate, etc.) 35 bucks will be seem cheap at the price.
If you're fabricating your own, the hindmost hole will be a problem, but that one at least should be easy enough to put a bolt through. You can cut a big square washer for it to spread the stress.
- Location
- Louisville, IL
docchaynes said:
A 96 won't have the pass. side strip. The exhaust hanger has different weld nuts in the frame. JIM.
- Location
- Port Orchard, WA
am I the only one who thinks its worth $60 to not have to deal with making some part or fishing some nuts thru the frame?
- Location
- Louisville, IL
I don't know about you, but I don't make $180 an hour.:spin1: :doh: Like I said took less than 20 min. to make a set. JIM.XJ_ranger said:
docchaynes
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- middle tennessee
ILLXJ said:
So the exhaust bolts back up through the hitch to the new nutcert? Lookls like it may go from two bolts to one.
andyr354
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- North Central KS
XJ_ranger said:
For me it woudl be $60 and 2.5 hours of driving for the round trip to the nearest dealer. So it was a no brainer taking 30 mins to make my own.
brak
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- Rhode Island
XJ_ranger said:
i had to fish the bolts through the frame on my old TJ , and my old honda civic that i put a hitch on, it isnt too difficult.
as for the nutserts. anyone over hear of have both sides on it from the factory ? i bought my XJ used (01 sport), but it has no evidence of the a hitch or hitch wiring. both strips are rivited down. hitch went on fine except for fighting with old rusty nutserts.
iratefla
RichP
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- Effort, Pa
XJ_ranger said:
If I had given it more thought and not been in a hurry to get the skid on I would have made a template out of cardboard of the plates and put them away for making future ones but in 98 who woulda known the XJ would be discontinued. Would have used some 1/2 thick steel though as I don't weld so welding nuts on is past my capacity with no welder around. As it is I have a passenger side one that came with the OEM gas tank skid as part of the package but being a 98 it already had the passenger side one in. Even though I lathered up the bolts with anti-seize they still rusted and were a fight to get out after only two years. Ended up chasing the threads when I got rid of the rear hook and put the tomken rear bumper on. I dread having to replace my fuel pump, already know it's going to be a battle that I sure as heck won't want to tackle out in the driveway in the winter.
andyr354
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- Location
- North Central KS
the rust is another reason to make your own. I used Grade 8 cad plated hardware that will resist corosion a heck of alot better than the non treated factory nuts.
