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Invest in an 18mm and a 13mm ratcheting wrench. You wont be sorry. There is no video because it's just a tedious process.
1. Place jack under trans pan but use a piece of board as a buffer to support the drive line. I used a bottle jack.
2. Unbolt six frame bolts. There are three per side. All 18mm.
3. The heat shields are bolted to the cross member with 13mm bolts.
4. There are two nuts in the middle of the crossmember that are part of the mount. These need a deep socket 18mm and are the only ones you can use an impact on.
5. Last nuts holding the mount to the trans need to come off.
Then assemble in reverse order.
My crossmember looked to be shattered because my mount was broken for so long so I'm getting another one before it all goes back together.
All in all I would say this job is a 3 out of 10. It just takes time.
No problem at all. Looks like the CM I thought I could get wasn't right and the next closest one is 96 miles away so I decided I was going to fix mine. I broke out the grinder and welder and put it all back together. Took a lot of time to make it solid and true but I got really good penetration and only did a little at a time to avoid too much heat in the metal.
Getting the CM back in on the second side took a second jack and a couple of screwdrivers to help line up the holes but it's in, it looks pretty good, and I know everything is stable now.
Yea, that would be cool, what did you use Flux core Lincoln wire ?
Yessir, I went with some .030 Lincoln flux core wire with the little welder set on high and the spool set at 4/10. Gave the grinder a workout to true it up between welds but it did pretty good.
Yessir, I went with some .030 Lincoln flux core wire with the little welder set on high and the spool set at 4/10. Gave the grinder a workout to true it up between welds but it did pretty good.
Looks good, hey at least that little welder paid a lot of itself off lol. My little 140 welds the impossible, literally paper thin stuff - 1/4" lol.
It has definitely helped pay for itself. I would hate to see what parts and labor would have been if it had to go to a shop. I need to work with it more just so I can lay down prettier welds and not have to grind quite so much though.
07-15-2018, 10:23 PM
