Damage Repair

[Peanut Butter]

Been using my son-in-law's Jeep YJ to help some friends just north of here build a pole barn and get their vineyard setup. So it has this brush guard on the front. I needed to pull a post. No problem, I'll just put the tow strap on it and pull it out. Wrapped the tow strap around the brush guard. Mistake! Cheep ! So now I have to repair it.

So this is what I did:


Pulled both cross bars off:


Full of rust, and very thin metal. Should have know!
Got a couple of pieces of 2" pipe and welded flat caps on the ends.


Then I drilled and taped the ends.


Painted it. Put it all back together. Wa-la! :booze:


So even though I haven't been able to work on my Jeep due to this barn and vineyard project, I found a little time between ALL THE RAIN down here to work on a jeep. Every day that you can work on ANY Jeep is a good day!

 

[Torxhead]

Good job! just like brand new.

 

[CJim7]

Good job! I would have just thrown it in the scrap heap....with the rest of the YJ

 

[Lumpy Grits]

Hope you washed your hands after touch'n a YJ-
LG

 

[mtnwhlr]

My future frame off rebuild is buying a YJ with a 4.0 and canniblizing it. But I'm finding it hard to find a good Yj with a 4.0 they all have 4 bangers or are lots of money.

 

[gr8dain]

My future frame off rebuild is buying a YJ with a 4.0 and canniblizing it. But I'm finding it hard to find a good Yj with a 4.0 they all have 4 bangers or are lots of money.

No kidding. I am seeing the YJ prices go up here as well. Crazy. I would say that I should have held on to mine, but unloaded it to get the Scrambler, so it was worth it to me.

 

[Peanut Butter]

I have to shower everyday after driving it. My son-in-law was really lucky. He got the thing for $4000. It's in really good shape too. I'm one of those that if I break it I fix it. This was an easy fix. Working on the pole barn I'm building for a friend is really improving my welding skills. Lots of practice! :wasted:

 

[Hedgehog]

Peanut Butter - Nice job on the repair. Was it originally bolted to the brackets?

mtnwhlr - I can't really get into this, but I can relay a story. Had a buddy who was a motorcycle enthusiast. But his wife was fat and he was old and skinny. He was always worried he was going to dump the bike and a stoplight. So he got an itch to buy a VW trike. I don't understand the whole draw of a VW trike, but I like the old VW bugs. So, when he got on the kick of talking about getting VW trike I's say, "Bob, if you want a VW bug, get a VW bug, the convertibles are nice." ...and that's about all I have to say on that.

 

[Peanut Butter]

Peanut Butter - Nice job on the repair. Was it originally bolted to the brackets?

Yes they were. There was a piece of metal welded inside the tube with the threads. I went with a full cap to keep the water out. Should have polished the ends, but it was just a YJ and my son-in-laws.

 

[Lumpy Grits]

May I suggest, that you drill a 1/16" dia hole in the bottom of each tube about in the middle.
That reduces condensation and internal rusting.
NICE JOB!
LG

 

[ksouthw80]

Nice repair!