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3A, 3B, DJ Technical Knowledge Base => "Original"-- Technical Questions, Answers, Observations => Topic started by: PaulS on July 01, 2016, 09:00:07 AM

Title: transmission cross member
Post by: PaulS on July 01, 2016, 09:00:07 AM
Does the tranny cross member bolt on below the frame, or does it fit inside the frame rails?

Thanks,

-Paul
Title: Re: transmission cross member
Post by: 1955CJ-5 on July 01, 2016, 10:38:50 AM
Below the frame...

Will yours fit inside the frame?

Not a great picture but it's all I can find for now...

Randy

Title: Re: transmission cross member
Post by: PaulS on July 01, 2016, 01:49:21 PM
Thanks!  I didn't measure to see if it would fit--I just tried to insert it, and I was wondering if it needed "persuasion".  But putting it underneath is easier, if that's where it's supposed to be!

It's been so long since I disassembled it, I'm sure I'll have lots more simple questions like this over the next few weeks, as it goes back together.

-Paul
Title: Re: transmission cross member
Post by: PaulS on July 01, 2016, 01:53:08 PM
Should have looked in my own archives before posting!

(http://www3.telus.net/plsmjs/jeepblog/tranny-x-member.jpg)

-Paul
Title: Re: transmission cross member
Post by: 1955CJ-5 on July 01, 2016, 10:26:47 PM
Well, there you go....and your picture is better than mine..

I took a lot of pictures...sometimes I don't know what they were for...but they are fun to look at...

And I put all the nuts and bolts in baggies and then scribbled some gibberish on them assuming I would be able to decipher them months later....
Title: Re: transmission cross member
Post by: specialty on July 02, 2016, 02:56:59 AM
I did the same thing with the bolts and some parts thinking 6 months down the road I could remember what I was doing when I forget what I did 10 minutes ago sometimes. I just took lots of pictures and emailed them to myself for reference. That helped more than anything. Things I missed I would google and find pictures to go by. Good luck.
Title: Re: transmission cross member
Post by: PaulS on July 02, 2016, 10:45:49 AM
I have lots of pictures, too, but I didn't always take pictures where I should have.  I'm expecting to have trouble reassembling the clutch and the pedals and linkages around there...

When I pulled apart the engine, transmission, and transfer case, I was very diligent about using baggies.  And those (mostly) went back together without problems.  But I didn't use baggies when I pulled things off the frame.

-Pau