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Rust on an XJ |
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Wrambler
AMC Addicted Joined: Jul/02/2007 Location: West Virginia Status: Offline Points: 4197 |
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Posted: Jun/21/2011 at 9:36am |
Hey, anyone up here in rust belt land needs to take a look at your steering box section of unit body.
Our 97 rusted through right between the two lower box mounting holes. I used the kit below after clearing the inner frame of mud and dirt and sealing it all as best I could. The kit says 2.0hrs, ha! Try 6.5 when you break off two of the three through frame bolts and have to drive them thru with another 7/16" bolt! Then drop the pitman arm and pull the hose. Put the broken sections of bolts in a vice and use the box as a "wrench" to get the aluminum collar and bolt stub out. What a mess, but when done it leaves me with no worries for at least another 3 or 4 years. no way that box is coming loose with this setup! I painted mine with silver rough finish metallic wheel paint. It is easily seen and looks pretty cool while giving no hint of what lurked in there only last week! Not affiliated wit the company, but they gave good timely answers when I asked if it was in stock and shipped pretty quick for just using ground shipping. http://www.c-rok.com/sb.html |
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Wrambler
69 AMC Rambler 4.0L, 5 speed 2015 Grand Cherokee Limited 2019 Chrysler 300 |
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nossliw
AMC Fan Joined: Jul/18/2011 Location: MONUMENT Status: Offline Points: 13 |
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always been a week spot...brace it if you can
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carnuck
AMC Addicted Joined: Mar/31/2010 Location: Seattle Status: Offline Points: 3942 |
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Want a rustfree '91 Chassis to put your parts into? They are SOOO cheap here in Seattle it's not funny!
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