Recent content by USFS91XJ

You've got some skills man, nice build. What was the weight difference between the stock crossmember and the one you fabbed in?

This far left group in Santa Fe is nearly always behind the scenes of most New Mexico radical environmentalism: Conservation Voters New Mexico...

Yeah, it's crazy how well it worked. He said if you want to reuse the bolt/nut soaking it afterwards with anything that eats off wax gets it off.

Right on, sounds good, so I am not worried then on the strength. Seems a lot of folks say the same thing. Some say they have this done on a Jeep they just wheel and it has never failed. ***MAJOR TIP FOR REMOVING STUCK BOLTS This may not be news to some. I needed to remove the leaf shackles to...

How has that held up overtime? I just found the brackets you were talking about here: http://www.polyperformance.com/shop/Poly-Performance-Jeep-XJ-Rear-Spring-Hanger-Bracket-p-20685.html I'll have to look into those, thanks man.

Thanks Matt, I tried it and it ended up not working.

Last question is, is the strength of the mount I cut a hole in compromised?

My Parts List for this swap, maybe it'll help someone. I wanted near factory replacement leafs, heavy duty. 2 Rancho RS44148 Leaf Spring The eyelets on each leaf are the same size, so you can't use a factory rubber kit for replacement bushings. For Ubolts I went to NAPA. U Bolt Grade 5...

LOL exactly! I need to learn how to weld.

That's exactly what I'm going to do.

Success! Thanks for the help from everyone! I took the advice of: ...and pryed out the pocket, pulling it forward to let the bolt fall down. It wasn't easy tho' because of the chunks of bolt on the back and front. In order for the bolt to flip around in there, I ground down the face of it...

Thanks for the replies. It looks like I'm going to have to resize my cut to something similar to yours Cottontail. Getting the nut out since its around 25mm won't work with what I have. The weird thing is that I heard the nut break loose right off the bat, it seemed a little too easy.

Sounds like a great idea to dislodge it. I haven't been able to get good leverage any other way, thanks man.

PITA is right! I have also come up with new ways to cuss out Lee Iacocca and put the blame on him. Just seems right for some reason. I ground on the end of the bolt and I am going to head over to Fred Meyer and pick up new grinding discs. I think I will end up doing what you say with the pry...

NP. I don't know hold to weld, unfortunately. I measured out the location for the leaf spring mount, to be able to cut out from above. The problem is that I have a 2 door and the area I measured out to cut at is exactly where the rear bench mount is. So there isn't just flat floor. I have a...