it was a great time, I was surprised there was no line at soup bowl and we were able to cruise right up!
Did you Cruise Right Up

it was a great time, I was surprised there was no line at soup bowl and we were able to cruise right up!
Did you Cruise Right Up![]()
That first picture made me feel uncomfortable... the snow hides the unevenness of the ground. It looked like one of my favorite Jeeps on here was all bent up.
The driver in the second picture looks a bit young to me, but then again at my age everyone looks young
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Gave up on revolution. They still haven't found someone to manufacture the outer shafts. View attachment 522097
Do you have any inners?
Looks like the trans mount is too stiff to allow the motor mounts to handle the rotation. What about putting larger bushings at the frame ends of the crossmember?
I wonder if people ever make removable crossmembers that are rigid at the frame and utilize a factory style rubber mount at the transmission. That was my tentative plan. It seems like it may solve that issue if the bushings are his problem.
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It probably would hang too low for those with fully flat bellies, but if I remember correctly Alex has a somewhat dropped skid?
Bummer about the trans case, I assume the Genright crossmember broke first, then the trans tab. What's your plan for the transmission?Having no issues and wheeling hard trails was fun while it lasted. I started hearing a noise when I was wheeling with @Woodrow at Fordyce then it continued at Rubicon.
I was finally getting around to installing the ultra high UCF skid and found what the noise was.
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Also took out one of the 4 trans mounts.
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New crossmember is on order. After talking with @Lonewolf it seems like the atlas rear brace may be a good idea as well.
At least it made it through summer without blowing any u joints or breaking down.
That was my initial plan when I put my Atlas in last winter, but as you speculated, I didn't have room with the 1" drop UCF skid I'm using.I wonder if people ever make removable crossmembers that are rigid at the frame and utilize a factory style rubber mount at the transmission. That was my tentative plan. It seems like it may solve that issue if the bushings are his problem.
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It probably would hang too low for those with fully flat bellies, but if I remember correctly Alex has a somewhat dropped skid?
I talked to a guy (Keith) at Genright who recommended the additional support for the Atlas. Maybe now I'll need to reconsider...I was thinking the same thing. I guess the nice thing about a rear tcase mount is it wouldn't transfer that force to the block and brackets, potentially breaking them with that 5:1 torque?
I've chatted with lots of folks at AA about this and they relate various things to watch out for but mostly centered around ensuring that the relative flexibility between the trans crossmember and the Atlas rear support remain very close to the same. If not, it is pretty easy to break off the back of the trans where the Atlas bolts up. Given that I'm typically not that smart, I've never done one.I talked to a guy (Keith) at Genright who recommended the additional support for the Atlas. Maybe now I'll need to reconsider...
I've chatted with lots of folks at AA about this and they relate various things to watch out for but mostly centered around ensuring that the relative flexibility between the trans crossmember and the Atlas rear support remain very close to the same. If not, it is pretty easy to break off the back of the trans where the Atlas bolts up. Given that I'm typically not that smart, I've never done one.
Given a choice, that is the only way I do them.I wonder if people ever make removable crossmembers that are rigid at the frame and utilize a factory style rubber mount at the transmission. That was my tentative plan. It seems like it may solve that issue if the bushings are his problem.
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It probably would hang too low for those with fully flat bellies, but if I remember correctly Alex has a somewhat dropped skid?
Given a choice, that is the only way I do them.
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Not sure. My skids are made for me with a 1" drop x 13" wide in the center to match up to engine skids under trans oil pans. From the sides of that 13" section, they go up to the frame and then return to flat at the narrowest part of the frame so the bend winds up just inboard of the frame at the front and a bit more at the rear of skid. The line below is defined by a section of skid we've cut off that we use to see how much more clearancing we have to do so it gives you a rough idea of the hangy downy bits.How far does that crossmember hang below the lowest point of the Atlas?