Yes. I actually built a crossmember on my old lj that mounted to frame welded brackets. I did that since I had a manual and could therefore tuck it totally flat. My tj has an auto so the savvy UA made more sense. The plan is to eventually do that to accommodate genright raised body mounts but that is a long ways out. I have several other projects I need to tackle first to get back on the road.
I don’t think there is enough material there. Savvy got back to me and they are sending replacements.
ok, so this begs the question; does Savvy make two different outer C's? That makes no sense to me that they would.
I know you already have other brackets coming from Savvy, but I re-looked at your photo and a drift would pull the holes in line.
He should have got a clue when the overall dimensions of the flanges didn't match the print.
no, i think Blaine tagged it. that bend is what's holdin the holes just shy, had it been correct it'd be there, that being bent that hard also is the cause of the C brackets BF (between frame) measurement being narrow
I was told by blaine to use a drift and get the outer C on as far as possible (i.e. could be described as 'bash').
I thought about heating the bends up with a torch and then beating on them while on the frame but since they are painted now I didn’t want to go through all the trouble of stripping them back down to bare metal. If it came down to that it would probably work but it would be ugly.
post #11. he caught the sharp bend quick. those hard bends are the culprit.
ya, you got a hold of them quick, i'd wait for the right parts.
Yes I had the bracket upside down in that picture I just slipped the bracket onto the frame in front of the factory skid to check the bend radius.
