I have a 98 Tj that needs some welding on the frame. I’m planning on doing it myself. If anyone has any pointers I’d be greatly appreciative. Here’s the rust spot on my frame
I have a 98 Tj that needs some welding on the frame. I’m planning on doing it myself. If anyone has any pointers I’d be greatly appreciative. Here’s the rust spot on my frame
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You can use a scope if you want but that frame needs to get gone or get fixed. I would read up on Safty Caps and go ahead and cut that section out, clean it up weld in the sections needed. Remember cut and repair one section at a time. I'm going one safety caps over two yrs no issues. If done right it is hard to find any issues with this type of repair. Good Luck.
Curious why one section at a time? Even if you know the entire length of the frame is bad? The shop that did mine (and most videos I've watched) cut the entire length before welding any new sections. They did say that it is better to use three separate sections vs. the one full length piece offered by Safe-T-Cap. The shop I used is on Safe-T-Cap's list of recommended installers.
While the frame is opened up be sure to remove ALL loose rust in adjacent frame sections and protect them from future rust. Eastwood is one of a few manufacturers with a great range of products made for that purpose. And then be sure to coat the interiors of the new frame sections, especially the welded areas. No sense going through all that cost and effort and doing it right.
IMO the problem with any rubberized product over rust is all it does is cover the cancer. Eventually air and water will get underneath the rubber stuff, which is trying to stick to rust (often lose and scaly) in the first place, and the rust will spread. 3M makes a lot of rust protection products including cavity wax and various high quality coatings. Im surprised they recommended what is essentially undercoating.The shop that did mine used 3M Rubberized Undercoating. Since they are a recommended Safe T Cap installer, I checked with Safe T Cap and they told me the 3M product is one that they recommend. done.
IMO the problem with any rubberized product over rust is all it does is cover the cancer. Eventually air and water will get underneath the rubber stuff, which is trying to stick to rust (often lose and scaly) in the first place, and the rust will spread. 3M makes a lot of rust protection products including cavity wax and various high quality coatings. Im surprised they recommended what is essentially undercoating.
Curious what folks who have done this have used to coat the interior of the repaired frame. The shop that did mine used 3M Rubberized Undercoating. Since they are a recommended Safe T Cap installer, I checked with Safe T Cap and they told me the 3M product is one that they recommend. Didn't seem like the best choice, but I didn't know what they were using until after the fact. As additional protection, I have applied a generous coating of Surface Shield (similar to Fluid Film). If I could do it over again, I would have asked the shop to use Steel-It inside the frame. But, what's done is done.