I agree with minimal, its too low and far inside for much of any protection.redroadster wrote: it adds so safety for sure , in a T bone accident , but minimal
Removable X-member, anyone done it?
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Re: Removable X-member, anyone done it?
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Re: Removable X-member, anyone done it?
The main reason I'm doing a frame off is that the X-member needs to be modified for the 71B 5-speed that was jury-rig mounted by a PO. Be nice if you could figure this out before January.
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Re: Removable X-member, anyone done it?
I know it's an old thread but was just reading it and wanted to mention that the '98-'11 Ford Ranger frame was a two piece frame with the back half 'C' channel sliding into the front half. When my '02 Ranger back half frame rotted out I got a new half from SC. Now these two sections were attached with factory rivets approx 3/8" in diameter. Granted this is not a X member but the Ranger 4X4 has to take a lot of abuse and these rivets simply don't fail. I drilled the rivets with a 3/8" bit (they were surprisingly soft) and easily air chisled them off. I don't recall if the forward crossmember was welded or riveted (I could look on my 2011). I used grade 8 bolts and hardware to replace the rivets. I did junk the truck about 5 years later as the front was then heavily rusted and the truck needed some mechanical work not worth fixing.
Dowel pins would be a good idea, should be better than not. The X-xember could be made a stronger version of itself and possibly there is a point forward and/or back of it where an additional smaller profile cross brace could be welded in. Possibly this addl smaller welded profile cross brace could also be bolt mounted to the main bolt mounted X-member. I haven't started my 5.0 T5 roadster swap yet so until I get into the body off frame mock-up stage I can't really be specific or overly confident. It's def part of a "complete" mockup to see if a removable x_member for trans and clutch removal is feasible. Again I'm not looking at the frame but if it did have a bit of taper in one direction then in theory you could have three mounting surfaces bolted (on each side). If so I don't see this loosing up particularly if done with dowel pins and grade 8 hardware. Of course there are considerations for exhaust, drive shaft, etc. Mockup of everything front to back (preferably on a junker) would be the way to go IMO.
Dowel pins would be a good idea, should be better than not. The X-xember could be made a stronger version of itself and possibly there is a point forward and/or back of it where an additional smaller profile cross brace could be welded in. Possibly this addl smaller welded profile cross brace could also be bolt mounted to the main bolt mounted X-member. I haven't started my 5.0 T5 roadster swap yet so until I get into the body off frame mock-up stage I can't really be specific or overly confident. It's def part of a "complete" mockup to see if a removable x_member for trans and clutch removal is feasible. Again I'm not looking at the frame but if it did have a bit of taper in one direction then in theory you could have three mounting surfaces bolted (on each side). If so I don't see this loosing up particularly if done with dowel pins and grade 8 hardware. Of course there are considerations for exhaust, drive shaft, etc. Mockup of everything front to back (preferably on a junker) would be the way to go IMO.