x member

[coxsy]

a guy who works next door to me wanted me to modify his trans member, keeps on getting hung up on it, tried doing what he asked , then a sod it moment , cut and bent the start of a low profile plate mount instead
the old x

two views of the plate mount

[monaro427]

is that a surf cross member if so and you get it right, then you may have a few orders on your hands

[coxsy]

going to get the truck dropped in next week so we wil see want we can do, need some work in the shop

[Bulletproof]

I used to bend the Xmember all the time.

About 10 years ago I cut the bottom off the cross member and welded a 6mm plate and bent it up to give a leading edge that cant get caught and have had no troubles ever since and I do extreme rough stuff.

The big problem with just a flat plate is that the transfer box hangs down and has no protection and if you smash that on a boulder you are in a worse situation.

Photos taken in the dark




Cheers Richard

[coxsy]

yes poor design , my mazda was bad too , will see what it needs when the truck turns up at work

[coxsy]

the lux was at work when i got back tonight

[coxsy]

reveiwed your photos bulletproof will do that mod as well to the cut stock x member

[coxsy]

finished plate member the steel could of been wider to cover the t case
it has a 308 holden v8 and auto

[Heath]

Could bolt on a skid plate to that if you wanted that stretched longitudinaly to cover the t case.

Nice work too!

[coxsy]

has a flat bar brace going forward, the engine is set back alot, told him to try it out and see what else it needs

[rangimotors]

mine is very similar but i just chucked a plate off the back to gaurd the transfer case. Not cool if ya smash that drain bung off. I now either need to drill a big hole in the small plate so i can get to the drain bung or gring off the weld and make it a bolt on plate. No fun having to remove the full x member to drain the oil
nice job.

[Bulletproof]

The chain driven transfer case on mine hangs down alot lower than that one.

Cheers Richard

[coxsy]

yes had to add a peice of 12mm lap welded to the 16mm to cover the drain as it was stiocking below the plate and could of been wiped out

[rokhound]

That could have been lifted up at least 3 " by the looks of the pic. The drive train is on a hell angle. Who ever did his repower, should have spent a bit more time on it and used a bit more thought process.
Why bother doing this stuff unless you sort the underlying issues first.