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10-14-2020, 11:00 AM | #1 |
Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Texas
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Battery Tray rebuild/bracing?
In the process of rebuilding/replacing the corroded aluminum angle iron on the battery tray. The only proper size angle I could find is half the thickness of the original spec frame. At 1/16th, I have my doubts that this will support the weight of the batteries over time/bumpy off road use. Opinions?
I am considering 1 or 2 cross braces riveted in place to stiffen it up. Ground clearance should not be a problem after the lift kit, and I don't plan to go stump jumping with it. Am I being paranoid, or is this bracing a good idea? |
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10-14-2020, 11:48 AM | #2 |
Getting Wild
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: Davisburg, MI
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Re: Battery Tray rebuild/bracing?
Sounds too thin to me. I am picturing them sagging and tearing out at the fasteners to the frame. Cross bracing won't add a lot of strength to keep it from sagging. You would be better served stacking a couple pieces together to double the thickness. Even better if you could add a fastener or two to join them in the middle of the span.
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10-14-2020, 11:51 AM | #3 |
Getting Wild
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: Davisburg, MI
Posts: 98
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Re: Battery Tray rebuild/bracing?
FYI: I just used steel to weld up a picture frame looking bracket that I dropped into mine. A good coat of paint on the frame and the bracket to limit galvanic oxidation.
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10-14-2020, 05:00 PM | #4 |
MOD of all BS!
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Florida
Posts: 17,477
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Re: Battery Tray rebuild/bracing?
I can use find 1/8" or 3/16" at Tractor Supply or most any welding shop around town. If you have one of those.
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10-14-2020, 07:00 PM | #5 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Richmond,Virginia
Posts: 542
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Re: Battery Tray rebuild/bracing?
Lowes (in my area) has 1/8 X 1 1/2 angle. That is what I have been using. Fasten with 3/16 rivet.
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10-14-2020, 07:32 PM | #6 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Apr 2020
Location: Hurricane, Utah
Posts: 2,744
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Re: Battery Tray rebuild/bracing?
I used the same stuff from there when I redid mine. Seems plenty beefy.
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