drbobxj said:... what bushings do people use for make custom stuff, like skid plates
drbobxj said:just to clear this up I going to make a TC mount/ flat skid and not use the stock TC bushing .
thanks I will check them outCRASH said:Those are outside diameters I gave you, so the 1.5" slips right into a 1.75" x .125" wall DOM tube.
CRASH said:This is a very bad idea for long term durability. With trans mounts at the frame rather than under the trans/tcase, the amount of deflection is insufficient to not stress your driveline components.
I have seen cracked bellhousings, trans cases, and engine blocks from having flexible motor mounts and inflexible mounts downstream.
The rule is to either solid-mount the whole driveline, or keep it all squishy.
XJ_ranger said:so you suguest using poly Motor mounts or hard mounting the engine if you make a cross member like drbobxj is talking about?
I can live with poly bushings, but Hard mounting the engine would not be fun...
BrettM said:if I ever re-do my tranny mount it will be like Jes', still the best/coolest/easiest method I've seen.
Jes'? cut/drill a piece of plate to bolt the the tranny. cut the bushing end off a shackle. weld remaining of shackle to previously mentioned plate. cut the end off a leaf spring. drill leaf spring and bolt to crossmember. attach shackle piece to leaf spring piece. done.Timber said:I like his mount, too, but it'd be nice if I were able to see it in person. It does look pretty simple--almost to the point that I'm not even sure I get it (if that can possibly make sense).
Jes said:Actually it was easier than that.
The plate bolted to the tranny was a piece I cut off the stock transmission mount, so all there was to do was weld the half of the shackle to it.
XJ_ranger said:you dont have any problems with the trans moving around? seems like it would want to rotate around that one point...
but that sure is a very simple solution to a custom tranny mount...