Early Trooper Frames

3 messages, Last post on Sep 28, 2008 at 6:48 PM

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#2 of 3 rep; early trooper frames by strobus1 Oct 24, 2007 (10:43 am)
I just drove my 1990 trooper to the junkyard. Broke my heart, but the frame was no longer there. I had welded angle iron before it got too far gone but there wasn't much to weld to. I even welded in new cross members where the torsion bars had pushed through the frame. The frame deteriorated very quickly a few years ago even though it had been cleaned and coated every 5 years. The newer troopers are much more solidly built, my 97' frame looks like new right now after 10 years of hard use. I've not seen an early trooper without these rust problems. strobe
#3 of 3 Not in Hawaii by volcanosolar Sep 28, 2008 (6:48 pm)
I have six Troopers, '88-'91. None of them have frame rot, even the ones I use just for parts. It must be road salt, which we don't have here in Hawaii. Where I live there's a ton of rain, which eats the body panels, but the frames stay solid. The only rot I've seen is in the very front, that cross-piece in front of the radiator: that's rusted out on two of mine.