bent frame
05-13-2013 | 01:35 PM
#46
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From: Wilmington,NC
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
I was gonna try something like that. The metal will bend with pulling but it won't stay like that until I hit it. So I may try just jacking the jeep up at the end of the frame and taking some good whacks at it. If that doesn't work I'm gonna Have to take the trailer hitch off. It's really keeping me from bending it easily I think.
05-13-2013 | 01:50 PM
#47
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Year: 87
Model: Cherokee
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Just a lil info 2x4 tubing slides right into the frame back there... cut the lower portion out.. and tube it.. Stop all this hack fab talk... Real ppl will be on the road with you
05-13-2013 | 10:41 PM
#48
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From: Middletown, Maryland
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6
I plan on doing this, but I do have to get it to sit straight first. The hack fab is all in the straightening. I'm all for having a safe vehicle. I'm going to be riding in the damn thing and possibly my family. If I don't think it's fit to drive on the road it wont be driven on the road.
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05-14-2013 | 09:54 PM
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From: New Haven, CT
Year: 1995
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see, im one of those people that would try to fix it, just because i can...heres my thought,
you could cut the frame where it bent, stretch it back to where it should sit. providing you get the proper measurements and make each side the same. and i would fill the gap with angle iron and 3/16" plate to re-box where it was cut. you got a trailer hitch, could pull it back by that, probably the easiest way. cut and fold the rear quarters, straighten the floor from the inside and it'll be fine. its just a beater right? as long as it tracks straight and the shackle angle is good should be fine.
now if you wanted to replace the whole quarter panel and do it right, im all for doing things the right way, and it can be done. just depends on how much time you wanna put into it.
you could cut the frame where it bent, stretch it back to where it should sit. providing you get the proper measurements and make each side the same. and i would fill the gap with angle iron and 3/16" plate to re-box where it was cut. you got a trailer hitch, could pull it back by that, probably the easiest way. cut and fold the rear quarters, straighten the floor from the inside and it'll be fine. its just a beater right? as long as it tracks straight and the shackle angle is good should be fine.
now if you wanted to replace the whole quarter panel and do it right, im all for doing things the right way, and it can be done. just depends on how much time you wanna put into it.
05-19-2013 | 05:39 PM
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From: Middletown, Maryland
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6
see, im one of those people that would try to fix it, just because i can...heres my thought,
you could cut the frame where it bent, stretch it back to where it should sit. providing you get the proper measurements and make each side the same. and i would fill the gap with angle iron and 3/16" plate to re-box where it was cut. you got a trailer hitch, could pull it back by that, probably the easiest way. cut and fold the rear quarters, straighten the floor from the inside and it'll be fine. its just a beater right? as long as it tracks straight and the shackle angle is good should be fine.
now if you wanted to replace the whole quarter panel and do it right, im all for doing things the right way, and it can be done. just depends on how much time you wanna put into it.
you could cut the frame where it bent, stretch it back to where it should sit. providing you get the proper measurements and make each side the same. and i would fill the gap with angle iron and 3/16" plate to re-box where it was cut. you got a trailer hitch, could pull it back by that, probably the easiest way. cut and fold the rear quarters, straighten the floor from the inside and it'll be fine. its just a beater right? as long as it tracks straight and the shackle angle is good should be fine.
now if you wanted to replace the whole quarter panel and do it right, im all for doing things the right way, and it can be done. just depends on how much time you wanna put into it.
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