This is the first time I've logged into the new format and it's pretty nice.
I have a YJ with at least 2 "nuts" that hold the Trans skid plate on that have spun, (broken the crappy welds that held them), so I can't remove the skid plate.
I have seen a few fixes and I was wondering what the group has to offer for the best, (easiest), fix.
My friend had all 6 spin and cut windows in the frame and welded the "nuts" fast, then rewelded the windows closed. My least desirable choice.
I think LEVE sent me a picture of a weld around the nut from the bottom side of the frame, but they are pretty rusted out and I dont think that the area around the nuts is up for welding.
A local 4 X 4 shop told me that they plasma cut holes where the nuts were and weld a plate, (around 1/8" thick), that has the proper nuts welded to it in the right locations, on to the bottom of the frame rail.
Someone else said that they cut a slot into the frame and slid a rectangle of steel that had a drilled and tapped hole in it so it wouldn't spim.
So many ways to remedy the problem.
Has anyone "gone there, and done that" and has some advice?
If the bottom of the frame is really rusted too badly for this repair, you'd better cut it out completely and weld in a new piece of steel, with nuts welded to the inside.
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AWESOME problem-solving. I admire you and so many others in this forum. I checked out Stainless Steel Jeep Restoration and under your two pictures of the drilled frame and insertion tool, "The old nut is drilled out, a hole prepared in the frame and a threaded insert machined. The insert is screwed onto an insertion tool and pulled into position through the frame tube." Do you sell this insertion tool or is this a custom made piece? Thanks
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There's nothing to the insertion tool, or the inserts either. I can make some for you, or if you want to have them made locally I'll send you the drawings.
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