XJ Rockslider attachment

Ricky B

Ricky B

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Ok i know how to make the rockslider itself pretty simple my concern is that is it strong enough to weld your rockslider you made strait to the unibody? It seems to me that the welds would hold fine but when you put it under a stressful situation the sliders woul pull at the unibody and rip the area around where they are mounted? For those of you who have done this b4 let me know how you attached yours to your xj if you welded em on, pics would be sweet too.

Oh and what would be a good wall thickness for the square tubing i use, i want to make them super strong so when they get layed out on a rock they are good, these arn't for looks, there fer use.

Thanks
 
Yea, uwharrie, and other places i guess, but thanks fer the tip on the attachment, I figured that plating it would probably have to be done, would one solid plate all the way across all the supports be better or one diamond shaped plate for each support (thinkin about 4 supports aught to do it, chime in if you think different)
 
Attach the rock slider to the pinch seam under the rocker. Here's is the rear half of my rock rail attached to the spring hanger
xj_rock_rail_rear_support.jpg


and the front I used sheet metal screws to attach to the unibody.
xj_rock_rail_front_support.jpg

After 3 years it's held up extreamly well.

The square tube is 1.5" and 3/16" thick. The rectangular tube is 3" x 1.5" and 1/8" thick.

xj_rock_rail.jpg


Gary
 
Cool thanks for the pics, I figured that I would probably need like 4 supports instead of two like you have but if it worked for you with only two then maybe thats all we'll need. Yea I was gonna tac it to the pinch seam as well. Only reason i am thinkin 4 supports and thick tubing is cause last time I was at Uwharrie guy that was with us laid out on one of his rockers goin up kodak and it bent the rocker and shoved it into the body.

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Obx's rockers have held up good to some hard hits.
 
JMHO, but I wouldn't attach rock sliders with sheet metal screws.
 
Yea sorry about the pic size, takes to long to frikin reformat it to a smaller size, lol.

As far as the sheetmetal screw thing I have seen a couple of sliders that attach that way, i mean it seems like it wouldn't be enough but lots of people do it so . . . I still would like to weld em on but keep the ideas comin
 
i used a peice of 4"x.25" flat bar that runs the length of the frame, with 5 3/8 inch bolts running through the frame, and a peice of 1" angle that runs the whole length of each pinch seam tied in with about 8 bolts per side

i only used 1/8 inch 4x2 box if a remember correctly, could be 3/16 though, and it has taken some reallly hard hits, and has a few dents, but has never been significantly damaged, so i really woudnt worry too much about the thickness, its the good mounting system thats hard to make, and if that holds up, its worth it to me to save 50 lbs with lighter material and to replace just teh slider portion of the sliders after a couple years

adam
 
my sliders are welded to the unibody and they have held up great. Have bashed them at Tellico, URE, and DPG and haven't deformed at all. They are 2x2 0.25" box with round tube used as lateral protection. Just do what Gary did and tie them into the pinch seam.
 
Currently the sliders on my rig are tied into the long arm crossmember and into my cage.

front_cage_tie_in.jpg


sheet metal screws or not, they are not coming loose from landing on a rock or sliding over it.
 
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