Lookit what Brody did to my FJC

[Pathrat]

My very first non-bolt on modification, and I helped! Ok, I handed him a hammer and his welding mask. Brody would have had to get those things all by himself if I hadn't been there within reach of the tools.

I had bashed the rear control arm mounts (towards the front), repeatedly over time. The right one was gravely injured at Kelly Flats.





Being the smart and clever one, Brody took a look at the mounts and made a suggestion: weld steel 'ramps' from the mounting bracket to the forward frame so rocks can slide over the ramps, rather than bang the thin metal of the mounts. He politely declined to suggest that I stop driving my mounts into rocks. So, recognizing a good idea, I went over to his house today and he made these:




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Manual labor in the form of whacking on prybars and prying with screwdrivers and adjustable wrenches took place, in order to give some semblance of the mounts looking more like six months post-purchase than 14 months.



Then, because Brody was the one with the ability and tools to weld, on went the ramps.

(this is just a cool picture)

[Pathrat]

Here is the finished project. I love it and these things are going to work until I learn to stop hitting them or I move the control arms. The jackplate just slowly slid upwards as the truck went up.

Huge thanks to Brody for doing this!!!!:bow::bow::bow:

[Funrover]

Very cool..... Glad to see a mod or 2 being done!

[Pathrat]

Funrover previously posted:

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They are pretty slick, huh?

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I came down on the right mount and didn't quite clear a big rock on the left side while on Poison Spider this last Sunday. Here are pictures of the plates Brody welded on. I have some spray painting to do but I think they did the job they were meant to do.

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brody previously posted: