Kilby skid plates + diff drop?

[BigSwede]

Not sure if it has enough depth for that...in any case such fine details will have to be sussed out AFTER Moab...

[tom4bren]

I'm thinking that the Kilby plate is strong enough to use as the crossmember. Just remove the stock crossmember and modify the crossmember drop brackets for something to bolt the back of the 1st Kilby plate & the front of the 2nd Kilby plate to.

[BigSwede]

That might be worth looking into...I remember Jerry Lemond telling me that the crossmember there doesn't do much of anything, and he wasn't even sure it is needed!

But I do hit rocks pretty hard on occasion, so I think something backing that plate joint would be a good idea.

[tom4bren]

UH-OH! I'm thinking again ...

If you do eliminate the crossmember & just use the Kilby plate, you can gusset the seam between the 2 plates with a tapered plate mounted on the down side of the plates. Sorta like a threshold plate for the front door, but much thicker material.

The first step though is to find out if the Kilby interferes with the differential.

[Riff Raff]

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...&postcount=155 Hmmm, perhaps Post #155 may be a better source for specific information.