Frame Body Mount Locations

[peterinman]

When I stipped my EB down to nothing but the frame I noticed that that all my body mount holes were rusted out to the impressed diameter of the body mount. I am getting set to make some frame patches to fix this condition. I am planning on making plate with the correct thru hole for the mount and welding them into place. Should I just set the new plate on top of the existing mount or cut out the old mounts and fab the new ones into place, or even another option. Please give me the best way to fix this problem. Thank You.

 

[JonR]

I had a similar problem on an old j**p (before I was converted.) I measure the center of the hole from two reference points, cut out a rectangular area about 2.5"x2.5" - a bit bigger than the rotton area (sawzall, cut-off wheel, plasma or whatever), and made a 3"x3" patch plate from some 10Gax3" flat stock and welded it on. Drill the new hole with a hole saw (1" I think) and you just made a very tiny, solid body lift! Keep it simple.

 

[mxpaz]

I would just get some big thick ass washers and weld them to the top of the mount.

 

[JonR]

One other thing.. If you want a body lift anyway, I think making some new body mounts that are taller than the stock ones by the height you want would be very trick. I would set the frame on jackstands and adjust until the mounts are level from side to side and record the height differences from front to back using a level and tape measure. Then you can measure diagonals across mounting holes on the body and reproduce the dimensions when you tank the new mounts into place. Jeff's Bronco Graveyard may have these dimensions already recorded in the schematics section - it has been a while since I looked there. I'm sure you already thought of this but let me know how it turns out if you go this route. I'd like to do this on my own Bronco!<br><br>-Jon