Found this on my frame today. Thoughts?

78CJFIVE · 09-10-2010, 10:16 PM

There is an oval shaped hole on the frame near the driver side rear spring hanger. On the driver side it's rusted quite a bit and full of dirt inside, the passenger side looks great. It still appears to be very much intact around the hole, just seems like the hole has rusted and deformed.

Eventually I want to tear down to the frame, clean it, POR it, etc, but that could be quite awhile down the road. How much do you think this weakens the frame? What advice can you offer to help stop it from getting worse? How hard will this be to repair? (I have never welded before)

Here are the pics:

And the passenger side:

Thanks!

**CJ7-Tim** · 09-10-2010, 11:57 PM

Clean up the rust and weld in a repair. If you are not a skilled welder, find one, or pay to have it welded properly.

vtjeeps · 09-11-2010, 01:17 AM

Its the frame tie downs for Car hauler . looks like it rusted around it .

78CJFIVE · 09-11-2010, 06:55 AM

do you think I could just lean it up and put some paint on it and get away with it for awhile?

**Skerr** · 09-11-2010, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by 78CJFIVE

do you think I could just lean it up and put some paint on it and get away with it for awhile?

Sure, if that's what you want, and the headlines will say, "Local Man Killed When Jeep Came Apart!

Take it to a welding shop and have them weld a plate on it. If you don't do it fairly soon it could affect the spring hanger.