I giving some thought in construction of a better transferskid plate than what the stock one has to offer.
I have some ideas I am considering, but was wondering if anybody has made their own or bought one that they really liked or didn't like?
What I was thinking about doing was using some of the existing holes in the back of the transmission cross member with a healthy piece of angle iron, bolting a piece of 1/8 plate from the angle iron to the existing holes for the OEM skid on the transfercase.
My concern is that the existing bolt holes are tapped cast aluminum, so I am concerned with their reliablility a little. I believe if I put my skid up tight against the transfercase with a piece of hard rubber between the skid and the transfercase (like the OEM one) that the brackets won't have to be weight bearing, just hold the skid plate on in the back. In that case, the next then the consideration is, if the aluminum transfercase is healthy enough to be weight bearing? Anybody busted their transfercase with the stock skidplate from weight bearing on the transfercase?
There appears to be aftermarket produced of transfercases skids made with the consideration that the transfercase is strong enough to be weight bearing and some go all the way accross the fram that suggest it isn't.
Anybody with expertise or experience in this area?
I have some ideas I am considering, but was wondering if anybody has made their own or bought one that they really liked or didn't like?
What I was thinking about doing was using some of the existing holes in the back of the transmission cross member with a healthy piece of angle iron, bolting a piece of 1/8 plate from the angle iron to the existing holes for the OEM skid on the transfercase.
My concern is that the existing bolt holes are tapped cast aluminum, so I am concerned with their reliablility a little. I believe if I put my skid up tight against the transfercase with a piece of hard rubber between the skid and the transfercase (like the OEM one) that the brackets won't have to be weight bearing, just hold the skid plate on in the back. In that case, the next then the consideration is, if the aluminum transfercase is healthy enough to be weight bearing? Anybody busted their transfercase with the stock skidplate from weight bearing on the transfercase?
There appears to be aftermarket produced of transfercases skids made with the consideration that the transfercase is strong enough to be weight bearing and some go all the way accross the fram that suggest it isn't.
Anybody with expertise or experience in this area?