Topic: How to rebuild a transfer case mount

[cruzila]

First off you take a sawzall and cut out the rubber, remove the center pin and clean up the plates with a wire wheel. find some bushings in the garage and use those. Make a couple tubes to hold them an weld them on. Find an old u-bolt and use those for pins. Make a few brackets and start weldin'

[cruzila [OP]]

I didn't take pictures until I had the whole deal cleaned up.

[cruzila [OP]]

Then I was doing some eyballin and decided I needed a spacer to support the pins.

[cruzila [OP]]

So I went in to the shop and made some.

[cruzila [OP]]

I know, I could have used washers but I did not have any. Looks like it will work.

[cruzila [OP]]

I made a few brackets out of some angle iron. Did some fitting and it looks good. Waht a PITA though. Took me almost all day..............

[Duffil]

Nice. I'm willing to bet that's a helluva lot more rigid than a stock mount.  How does this compare to stock as far as height?

[SolidAxle]

Thats really cool. If i had the tools and that stuff laying around i would be doing that too.

[cruzila [OP]]

Nice. I'm willing to bet that's a helluva lot more rigid than a stock mount.  How does this compare to stock as far as height?

It is the same height.

[Wermz84]

Damn nice work,  thanks for the write up. 

[cruzila [OP]]

I was a little worried about the "ears" failing so I added some 1/8 plate between them. I forgot to take a pic, but you can see it in the first post picture.

[79coyotefrg]

so  are those little rectangle blocks  just  for spacing  till you got the tube welded??

[cruzila [OP]]

Yes, I used them to space the top piece when I was setting the angle iron pieces.

[cruzila [OP]]

Look in the 2nd pic in reply #4 they are in there.