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Old 06-25-2007, 06:48 AM
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So tonight i was being extremely stupid and decided to try to go up a hill with a curb at the top and i ended up high centered. So i backed it down and noticed that my transmission crossmember was bent to hell. I was just wondering where i can get a replacement and how hard is it to replace. Its a 99 quad cab 318 auto RWD.
 
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Old 06-25-2007, 12:24 PM
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try ebat and it shouldn't be to hard to replace it.
 
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Old 06-26-2007, 02:12 AM
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not to hard to replace....try ebay, lmc, or stealership. It's 8 bolts, 4 on each side, 2 for the tranny mount, get a porter power and spread the frame apart, beat it out, beat the new one in and bolt back up...you can do it without the porter power, but it requires a huge hammer and lots of swinging....earplugs are required
 
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Old 06-26-2007, 01:36 PM
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not to hard to replace....try ebay, lmc, or stealership. It's 8 bolts, 4 on each side, 2 for the tranny mount, get a porter power and spread the frame apart, beat it out, beat the new one in and bolt back up...you can do it without the porter power, but it requires a huge hammer and lots of swinging....earplugs are required
I think you mean Porta-Power ("Porta" is short for "Portable")
 
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Old 06-26-2007, 03:50 PM
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did u bend the actual trans crossmemeber or that little peice of metal that holds the back part of the skid plate on thats a thick crossmember for the trans u must of hit it good then the back one is just a little chunk of metal
 
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Old 06-26-2007, 04:35 PM
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It was the crossmember, the transmission mount also ripped in half so im going to have to replace it, i found one on jegs for $110 so i ordered it from them
 
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Old 06-26-2007, 07:09 PM
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damn lol how did u do that one u could try junk yards for a crossmemeber
 
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Old 06-27-2007, 12:31 AM
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Make your own Thats what I would do
 
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Old 06-27-2007, 05:21 AM
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I would try to make my own but i dont know anything a bout metal fabrication, i would just smash the one i have into peices and try to make it work, and the junkyard wanted 100 for one and i got one brand new for 107 online
 



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