Un-failing a unibody

[HeavyMetal]

OK. I know Sam had a thread on here, but now its my turn. As some of you know, its bented.

As evidenced by pics, outlining that it did indeed happen:


I know someone mentioned having a tool to correct this? Some kind of frame de-failer machine? Is that something that could be made available via beer or good intentions with a golden heart? The bend isnt TOO bad i dont imagine, but then again i dont know anything about frame straightening.

[kappy]

ya andy has hooks in his garage floor that work well for that

[Even]

1. Cut front crossmember out
2. Jack low side uniframe rail up to straighten as much as possible
3. Replace crossmember with something beefy
4. Plate uniframe rails front to back

Didn't this suggestion come up in your previous thread?

[Ktmracer419]

port a power


do not play with hi lifts and sledgehammers

doesnt work

[HeavyMetal]

1. Cut front crossmember out
2. Jack low side up to straighten as much as possible
3. Replace crossmember with something beefy
4. Plate uniframe rails front to back

Didn't this suggestion come up in your previous thread?

i didnt have a previous thread, it was just referenced in my build thread...

plus i recall the frame machine being referenced in sams, which seems like a good idea to me

ya andy has hooks in his garage floor that work well for that

rgr that, thought it was him

port a power


do not play with hi lifts and sledgehammers

doesnt work

good to know, haha

[Even]

i didnt have a previous thread, it was just referenced in my build thread...

plus i recall the frame machine being referenced in sams, which seems like a good idea to me

OIC

Yea I wasn't saying it was a bad idea, but I do think plating of the frame afterwards is a good idea regardless.

[HeavyMetal]

yeah definitely, this is going on my jeep after the deed is done:

http://www.hdoffroadengineering.com/...-stiffener-set

[justtorchit]

i dont have a "frame machine"

but i have anchors built in my garage floor that could be used....

Stick jackstand under drivers side bumper, stick some under unibody rails by the stock lca mounts.. anchor the rear frame down... and porta power the pass side bumper down.... might work.....

[HeavyMetal]

ya andy has hooks in his garage floor that work well for that

i dont have a "frame machine"

but i have anchors built in my garage floor that could be used....

Stick jackstand under drivers side bumper, stick some under unibody rails by the stock lca mounts.. anchor the rear frame down... and porta power the pass side bumper down.... might work.....

sounds like a good idea to me...perhaps when i get my shit in line, i will hit you up?

beer?

[Lawn Guyland]

omg minors drinking

[HeavyMetal]

omg minors drinking

minors drinking > girls in tech section

[Lawn Guyland]

minors drinking > girls in tech section

whoa. how else am i gonna learn?

or would you rather me sit back and watch you do all the work to HM?


i wassss gonna offer beers and boobs to the guys, but whatever, you can offer beer and be on your merry way

[clean4drxj]

you might need a bit of heat to achieve what you are looking for, you wouldn't want to try it without as you might crack it, i'm not sure on how flexible the frame/unibody is but with heat you won't have to worry about crack it.. thats just my 2cents
As far as anchoring it to the floor and using jack sounds like the bst plan i've heard yet.. this combine with a little heat might do the trick !

[justtorchit]

yeh... we can try and see if it works....

i gotta get pattons jeep done and straiten some stuff out too
so plz no rush lol

[justtorchit]

you might need a bit of heat to achieve what you are looking for, you wouldn't want to try it without as you might crack it, i'm not sure on how flexible the frame/unibody is but with heat you won't have to worry about crack it.. thats just my 2cents
As far as anchoring it to the floor and using jack sounds like the bst plan i've heard yet.. this combine with a little heat might do the trick !

i usually use heat to do this, but thats with actual frames... im thinkin the sheetmetal should have no problem forming back. will if ya get some time.. try and see where the frame might be a lil out of wack.... im just trying to keep it as simple as possible