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Skid Plate Pics Plz

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by ghost122488, Oct 21, 2008.

  1. Oct 21, 2008
    ghost122488

    ghost122488 AKA Jason

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    I have been looking around the site for a while in the search for some good pictures of the skid plates that go on the early cjs. I am particuallry interested in the one that goes on the R1. The skid plates that I have seen look rather small or just protect the oil pan or something like that. I have a skid plate that came with my R1 and it is nothing like any of these. I am at school and don't have any pictures of it so I can't do anything other than describe it... it begins below the oil pan and stops underneath the parking brake drum. It stretches from the driver side frame rail to the passenger side frome rail. has nice notches for the front driveshaft to fall down into it the travel requires it and it is flared on any surface that it would normally catch from. It is even flared on the side so that it contours the transmission support beam. The plate is solid, no welds quarter inch steel. the only piece welded it the center rib that bolts to the frame rails. There is a hole cutout right beneath the oil pan drain too. It is an awesome skid plate and extremely hard to damage. dropped the whole weight of the jeep on a railroad track one time and it merely scratched the plate. The plate was pressed as one piece. I have never seen another one quite like it and I dont know if it is original or not, but i suspect it is either original or a very expensive aftermarket piece. It is pretty heavy too, 40 50 lbs i guess. Thanks a lot...
     
  2. Oct 21, 2008
    ghost122488

    ghost122488 AKA Jason

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    I ran across a photo that shows some of the skid plate.
     
  3. Oct 21, 2008
    WYOMIKE

    WYOMIKE Oct 1971 pic

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    jayhawkclint

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    EDIT - Wyomike beat me to it.

    That's not a stock skid pan. Early looks like this:
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  5. Oct 21, 2008
    Zoomer

    Zoomer eJeeper (walking)

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    And I think this if you had an oil pan skid on a V6:

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  6. Oct 21, 2008
    ghost122488

    ghost122488 AKA Jason

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    Alright. Does anyone know who makes that skid plate? I really don't think it was hand made. The press required to bend that would have been enormous. It is soooo nice and fits better than anything i could ever dream of making. When i have time this weekend, I will try to get some good pictures of the one I have and later, after the shop is finished, I will take it off and get some really good pictures of it and take some dimensions just incase anyone would be interested in making it. It covers up the ENTIRE underside, like a shell on a turtle. Thanks for the information.
     
  7. Oct 22, 2008
    AKCJ

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    I think it was made in a shop. Really not a big deal - I work in a shop that has a 100 ton press brake and that looks like about a half hour (or one hour) project.

    As mentioned in another thread I'm considering making a large skid plate that doubles as a drip pan to catch those pesky oil drips.

    For yours I would suggest making a card board template and then go see your local friendly sheetmetal or welding shop. Piece of cake.
     
  8. Oct 22, 2008
    ghost122488

    ghost122488 AKA Jason

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    Oh, well thats interesting. I like this one a lot. It protects against snagging stuff, oil drips, and limbs and junk on the trail. I have noticed that when I highcenter, I can still drag myself across most stuff as long as i have enough traction and there isnt too much weight on the ground. I'll be sure to get some specs on it and more pictures so that others can take a look and build one like it if they are interested.
     
  9. Oct 22, 2008
    AKCJ

    AKCJ Active Member

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    If you're dragging yourself over obstacles on the skid plate you may want to consider using some of that UHMW plastic. It's very tough and much more slippery than steel. You could make the entire thing out of plastic or just add some to the bottom of a steel plate.

    Around here they're adding it to the bottom of river boats because most of the rivers are shallow and rocky. We brake the parts for an outfit that makes sleds out of it. Try googling something like northern sled works to see what it looks like.

    Just a thought.
     
  10. Oct 22, 2008
    ghost122488

    ghost122488 AKA Jason

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    We have that stuff here at school. We make a lot of our smaller CAD pieces out of it. Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethelene, AKA poor man's teflon. It is some pretty neat stuff and very easy to work with. I might look into adding some to the bottom of the plate sometime, but I don't drag often enough to really worry about it right now. I wonder what it does when it comes in contact with mud... might perform a lttle experiment later on today :twisted:
     
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