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Who had the nice home made engine crossmember?
- Thread starter pvfjr
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pvfjr
1/2 ton status
Not me. If $20 of steel and a few hours work will get the job done, I'm not spending 10 times that for someone elses crossmember.85 Jimmy said:
pvfjr
1/2 ton status
Glad I'm not the only one, I was starting to think I'd gone mad.cwn_anwyn said:I've looked for it and cant find it either. I do remember the one you are thinking about. I thought he said he used 1x2 rect tube or something and some angle to build it. I saw it that one time and then it was gone.
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I just wish I could find it. The build thread made it look real easy and simplistic.
dcubb
1/2 ton status
I'm thinking that may be my post you're looking for. I put it up about a week ago.
Dave C.
Dave C.
pvfjr
1/2 ton status
I already looked at your post, its not the one I'm describing. Besides, I've been looking for this post since before you even built your crossmember.dcubb said:
dcubb
1/2 ton status
sorry
K10ANDYKHAMNIC
1/2 ton status
I built one too be I dont know where any pics are online and im at work ...and mine is ugly too cuz i actully wheel so i didnt bother to paint it .
Check this out it was in a tech article about crossover steering by depdog
http://coloradok5.com/techpics/crossmemberfrontdrawing.jpg
http://coloradok5.com/techpics/crossmemberfrontdrawing.jpg
here is the article http://coloradok5.com/crossoversteering.shtml
K10ANDYKHAMNIC
1/2 ton status
I think I pretty much copied depdog .
here is one that is a little different for u, i made this engine mount/ crossmember when i set up my rig to run a cady engine.
pic from underneath w/ engine in
pic w/out engine from top side
pic from underneath w/ engine in
pic w/out engine from top side
pvfjr
1/2 ton status
Well I'm a complete newbie to welding too. I used to be pretty hesitant about trying to do stuff, then I decided I pretty much just had to dive into it to learn. I just welded on these spring perches the other day, and am working on welding up the cracks in my frame and adding a brace today. Things are a little messy with the flux core, and the welder isn't quite as big as it should be, but I'm making due. Just made my winch bumper a couple weekends ago, and will be doing the crossmember and the bolt-in style steering brace this week. That's quite a bit of practice. Things are getting better. I say just go for it. If you end up with a bad weld, it's nothing a grinder can't undo.
pvfjr
1/2 ton status
Well I still haven't found the mystery crossmember buried deep in the realms of my memory, but I've seen so many crossmembers now that I think I'll just jump in and see what I come up with. At least we've created a nice resourceful thread linking all kinds of crossmembers. 
