dan1977p
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Virginia Beach, VA
I'm looking for a little help rebuilding my shackle boxes. I've looked at aftermarket shackle relocation kits and they all seem to still require use of my nut hump. Problem is that the bolt is seized in the nut and I ended up breaking my bolt extractor so I either need to rebuild the nut hump or just completely rebuild the shackle box.
Here is what I would like to do:
If I was to use 4.5" box instead of c channel and weld it in place in front, bottom and outside rear, would that be enough support to not need the upper bolts or nut strip extension? I need to replace the bumper mount nuts anyway so I will still want to use it as a bumper tie in anyway?
Here is what I would like to do:
- Remove all remnants of the original shackle box and outside bumper nuts
- Get some 4.5" c channel and box of the front and rear ends for support.
- Drill holes through the top to go through the top of the c channel through the floor of the jeep for support.
- Drill two holes in the rear plate in line with the bumper mounting nuts and knock of the existing nuts and weld my own in the new bracket to tie this into the bumper
- Weld plate to bottom of c channel and extend it to the nut strip
- Weld angle to the bottom plate for mounting holes for the shackle
If I was to use 4.5" box instead of c channel and weld it in place in front, bottom and outside rear, would that be enough support to not need the upper bolts or nut strip extension? I need to replace the bumper mount nuts anyway so I will still want to use it as a bumper tie in anyway?