Jeep Medic Fabrication Transfer Case Skid Plate From the Jeep Medic Site: The Jeep Medic Fabrication skid is 2 5/8 tall made out of ¼ steel. It is computer plasma cut then bent using a 200 ton press. Skids are available for the Auto and 5-speed. Jeep height gained is 2. Features: |
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Can
you give a rating better than A+ for packaging?
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This
was some shipping box!
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Here
the new plate is.
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1/4
inch steel!
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You
can see the new recessed transfer case mount with 4 bolt holes.
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Here
you can see the factory skid. It should be flat across the bottom,
but it is slightly deformed!
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Befor you drop the factory scrape plate, remove the mounting bolts for the front and rear differential lock air pumps. Using a bottle jack, support the transmission in place. Using a second jack, support the factory scrape plate and remove the 6 bolts that hold the factory scrape. Once they are free, you can lower and remoce the factory plate. |
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Here
is a shot of the factory scrape plate off the Jeep. It is
really bent up! On the factory plate, they are left hanging
and exposed to rock damage.
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Make sure that the 4 bolts on the transfercase mount are in good shape. Warrens were slightly damaged, so we had to run a die over them to clean them up. Also clean the threads on the 6 factory bolts. There have been some problems with the nutserts that Jeep puts into the frame rails. If they break loose, you have to go to Jeep and have them fixed. |
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Raise the new plate up with a jack and attach it to the 4 studs on the bottom of the transfercase mount. Once they are securely tightened, raise the plate and secure it to the frame rails with the 6 bolts. We attached the 4 studs first as if you dont, the bolts are slightly too far forward and you cant turn the nuts to tighten them. (pizza not included in kit) |
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Attach
the air pumps to the new scrape plate.
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As
you can see it fits nice and tight up to the Jeep.
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Here
is another shot of the new plate. This is a big improvement
over the lower hanging factory scrape plate.
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4-24-2004 |