Towbar Baseplate Problem

[timvasqz]

Rick If you look at blue ox liberty 2005there is a design change over the two bolt per side arangement on your 2003 unit.If the jeep uniframe remained the same during that model year change,, could be that the loose bace plate situation proved typical and the newer design was a correction.

the third hole per side on o5 blueox does not line up to a uniframe hole. in 05 you bolt the platewith the Jeep 2 holes(as in 03?) then drill an exact third hole in the frame. I think the 3rd hole exact lineup keepsthe ox from shifting and rotating the bolts lose.

grade 5 and 8 bolts differ in strength but they also differ in character. stronger grade 8 snapunder stress that would twist and bend grade 5a bit. I try and mix up 5 and 8's when mounting crap in vaurnarable positions. leaves you with strength and flexability. I say thisbecause everyone goes for 8's as an assumed added protection costing only $0.70 per the bolt. ..must be a reason grade 5 was the choice for this application by ox engineeres.?????

flex is built into the unibody frames. that is why the cross bar is necessary between the docking points for the pins. prob with overbuilding a repair is loosing jeep designed flex. all stress is then transfered toan eventual crack .

GregoryO'Connor ofTim&Greg

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