WesStevens
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Hello,
I recently bought a 2006 Liberty as a weekend toy. While at a junkyard, I was lucky enough to find a 2005 with factory tow hooks, skid plates, roof mounted light bar, and tow bar. I grabbed everything I could carry. While removing the plates, I noticed that there appear to be screw in inserts with threads and a hex shaped outer edge. I was immediately concerned that my frame may not have those. I tried to remove them in the junkyard, but I didn't have a hex wrench that big.
When I got home, and looked at my frame, as I suspected, there are only hex shaped stamped holes and not the threaded hex nuts that were in the donor Liberty. So, that questions are,
1. Are these plugs removable? Like, can I unscrew them?
2. Can you buy them new? What are they even called and most importantly can you install these yourself?
or...did I just waste my time spending 3 hours on my back in oil, mud and dirt, under a sketchy KJ balanced on old rims for nothing? :-/
Hopefully these pictures will explain better what I'm asking. You can see the brass colors threaded inserts in the first two pictures of the donor vehicle, on the frame rail and the cross member. The second two pictures are how those same locations look in my frame. Note that I only have the hex shaped holes.
Thank you for any assistance.
I recently bought a 2006 Liberty as a weekend toy. While at a junkyard, I was lucky enough to find a 2005 with factory tow hooks, skid plates, roof mounted light bar, and tow bar. I grabbed everything I could carry. While removing the plates, I noticed that there appear to be screw in inserts with threads and a hex shaped outer edge. I was immediately concerned that my frame may not have those. I tried to remove them in the junkyard, but I didn't have a hex wrench that big.
When I got home, and looked at my frame, as I suspected, there are only hex shaped stamped holes and not the threaded hex nuts that were in the donor Liberty. So, that questions are,
1. Are these plugs removable? Like, can I unscrew them?
2. Can you buy them new? What are they even called and most importantly can you install these yourself?
or...did I just waste my time spending 3 hours on my back in oil, mud and dirt, under a sketchy KJ balanced on old rims for nothing? :-/
Hopefully these pictures will explain better what I'm asking. You can see the brass colors threaded inserts in the first two pictures of the donor vehicle, on the frame rail and the cross member. The second two pictures are how those same locations look in my frame. Note that I only have the hex shaped holes.
Thank you for any assistance.
