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Bent rear bulkhead

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Rear end aggressively kissed a rock the other weekend. Gonna drill the stock xrc skid plate off and check the damage. Anyone else damage their x3 rear?
 

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Search for a thread by Megadesertdiesel he found an overlay plate for the rear that he welded in to strengthen the rear bulkhead. Might help you with yours.

Tim
 
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Search for a thread by Megadesertdiesel he found an overlay plate for the rear that he welded in to strengthen the rear bulkhead. Might help you with yours.

Tim
Search for a thread by Megadesertdiesel he found an overlay plate for the rear that he welded in to strengthen the rear bulkhead. Might help you with yours.

Tim
Thanks man. Everything I found online was ppl damaging their front bulkhead.
 
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Ouch, was this high speed or low speed riding? Whenever you pull it apart can you post more pictures of the damage? Thanks
FYI, Just saw the other day Alsup makes a replacement rear bulkhead if yours is irrepairable. Not sure who else does
of course. Going to Hatfield in two weeks so prob won’t do it till I get home from that. It was low speed. Was a rock garden that I prob shouldn’t of been in.
 
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Well got the back half skid plate off. Very thin metal under the rear diff. Was bent into the diff a little bit. Don’t see any damage to the casing. With a flat head I was able to bend it off the differential, it’s that than/weak. Debating on grinding it off and welding my own thicker metal underneath.
 

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Now that I said I wouldn't myself weld into the frame tubes I did do that on the front bulkhead, but I was able to add outer and inner gussets to gain a lot of extra supports, so I felt ok doing that along with me adding a 3/8 steel center support to replace the thin tube. I also added the CT upper Frame support and the SATV lower frame support. I feel I have added a lot of strength so that's why I went ahead and welded into the tubes.
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