fierohink

First I'm not sure if this constitutes a build-up so I didn't post there.

I posted a few weeks back that I found some frame rot on my '94 4x4 after a power washing.

Here's the Driver's Side:


Here's the Passenger's Side:

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Obviously I pulled the Bed as you can see. This allowed me to see that I should probably pull the cab to get enough room to work. And it was a good thing I did.

So I ended up with this:


and this:


I'm sure my neighbors love me now!

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It's a tight fit but this will be her home for the next couple of weeks:

dropzone

iTrader: (6)

wow, that frame is almost looking like scrap....are you gonna attempt to fix it or find a donor frame?

fierohink

A wire wheel on the angle grinder exposed this for what I'm working with on the passenger's side:


I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be attached, but this explains why I get better flex on that side

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I finally got to some real fab work today. With the help of my brother (providing a set of hands after I broke my wrist @ work) we took out the crossmember and started cutting:

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Using some 3/8" plate we had laying around I don't think I'm going to have any flex problems:

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Plasma cutters make short work of frames:

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And here is my patch tacked in and ready for final beads:

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Don't forget to take measurements:


Hopefully this will keep everything straight

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Tomorrow the passenger side gets some attention

Lextech

Wow... I've never seen a frame rotted so bad and we have quite a bit of rust here due to salt on the roads. Good job though.

RMA

wow .. the first pics alone would have had me scraping that thing .. looks like your doing a pretty good job of fixing it though .. good luck .

fierohink

Okay so I got a few minutes to work on the truck today. Here is a better picture of wht we cut from the driver's side:

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Here are a few pics of my brother's welding:

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Now we started on the passenger's side. Here is the beginning of what we cut out:


And the start of the template process:

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Now if the UPS man would just show up with my Energy Supension bushing kit from LCE, my parking brake cable from autohaus, or my shackles from Wabbit (sorry 4crawler Wabbit had a better price) then I could start putting this girl back together.

Terrys87

iTrader: (1)

I was wondering how you were coming along. Great job on the repair. Its looking good. The truck looks to be in great condition too. So what did you think of pulling the body off? Not such a bad job from my experience. I think it goes back toghter easier myself. Just because you know what needs to be put back toghter. Keep the pics coming. Once again, you are doing great.

I think you will come out with a better frame then doing a swap just because you are using better metal then what an original frame was built with.

waskillywabbit

iTrader: (-1)

Let me put them in my Delorean and I'll be there the day before you took the bed off and found the rust.

:wabbit2:

fierohink

Hey I wasn't trying to knock you, it's just once a project gets some momentum I get frustrated when i have to stop and wait. Plus I'm stuck driving my brother's toy Jeep while MY truck is sidelined.