Jeffro06's 2006 Rubicon
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Jeffro06
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Stayed until 5:30pm, home at 7pm.
Kevin's Cummins powered YJ
Today was frame day.
Straightened mangled control arm brackets.
Kevin attached weld nuts, as some of the holes weren't really round anymore.
This I cannot do.
Cutting pieces to box in the control arm brackets.
This made quick work of it.
Attaching said pieces.
One down....3 to go.
How does one sand inside these tight spaces?
With a Sawzall sander of course...patent pending.
Skids came off....one bolt snapped. But Kevin got it out.
Two front bumper bolts, that snapped off weeks ago, needed removed as well. Kevin managed to get them out too. I helped turn them, but the welding part was all him.
Broken bolt all gone.
The sway bar torsion rod was removed as well. Gonna need new nylon bushings, at the very least.
At this point all the frame work was done, aside from removing the old rear bumper.
Next time we'll work on the axles. Then it'll be metal work on the body. After that paint / bedliner, then I guess it'll start going back together. Kevin is hopeful we'll be done before New Year's.....I'm not as optimistic.
Kevin's Cummins powered YJ
Today was frame day.
Straightened mangled control arm brackets.
Kevin attached weld nuts, as some of the holes weren't really round anymore.
This I cannot do.
Cutting pieces to box in the control arm brackets.
This made quick work of it.
Attaching said pieces.
One down....3 to go.
How does one sand inside these tight spaces?
With a Sawzall sander of course...patent pending.
Skids came off....one bolt snapped. But Kevin got it out.
Two front bumper bolts, that snapped off weeks ago, needed removed as well. Kevin managed to get them out too. I helped turn them, but the welding part was all him.
Broken bolt all gone.
The sway bar torsion rod was removed as well. Gonna need new nylon bushings, at the very least.
At this point all the frame work was done, aside from removing the old rear bumper.
Next time we'll work on the axles. Then it'll be metal work on the body. After that paint / bedliner, then I guess it'll start going back together. Kevin is hopeful we'll be done before New Year's.....I'm not as optimistic.
Srfnfly227
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That's a ton of work done even if it doesn't look like it while it's still all torn apart. Happy for you that some progress was made.
Jeffro06
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Kevin ordered them and I haven't seen them yet. They were still in the box.
You have all winter long , take care of yourself first.
Jeffro06
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I have a better chance at winning the Powerball than I do having my Jeep getting finished this year. There are so many things going on on the weekends in December, I'll be lucky to have more than one day available to get to the shop. That's not even factoring in Kevin's schedule.
Winning the Powerball instead of finishing the Jeep this year, would be fine.....I guess. 😎
Winning the Powerball instead of finishing the Jeep this year, would be fine.....I guess. 😎
Jeffro06
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Made it to Kevin's today.
The final weld washer was put in place.
The old tire carrier bits and pieces were cut off, with the plasma cutter.
Things were smoothed down.
The frame was prepped for POR15.
Before:
After:
I'm going back tomorrow, unless we get hit with a winter storm, to apply the POR15 top coat.
It felt good to see progress today.
We're going to concentrate on getting this to roller status, before we touch the body again.
Srfnfly227
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This is the best thing I've read this year.
Jeffro06
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Things should start getting reattached to the frame, sooner than later.
bobthetj03
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So glad to see you stay on course and revive Ole Yeller!
