bumpers

[hillbilly]

can any of you cj/yj/tj owners tell me the frame width of the rear of the jeep, have found several bumpers for these jeeps really cheap and was trying to figure out if i can get them to fit my xj. maybe a little bracket work is needed. any info will help dont have access to this info.  guess i could crawl under one in walmart or something....

[Rick_Bear]

Adam,
This link might help you out:
http://www.jeepfan.com/tech/frame-tech.htm

These are I believe CJ5, 7, and Scrambler dimensions.....I didn't go out and measure mine bacause mine is a "Narrow Track".

[millersyj]

My 95 YJ frame to frame is 43" but mine has a solid steel plate the whole way across the back wich is 50".

[Rusty XJ]

I put a stock front TJ bumper onto the rear of my XJ over the summer. All I did was modify the stock XJ brackets so where it bolts to the bumper fits into the TJ bumper. Then drilled 4 new holes in the tj bumper once it was centered. I believe where I drilled the holes was right where a half of a previous hole was at but i just drilled and hoped for the best. But my bumper only holds on by 4 bolts now comapred to the stock XJ 6 but I'm not intending on pulling people out with it. I have tow hooks for that. With the previous two XJ bumpers I am 2 for 2 on destroying them anyway so it is just a temporary bumper til I get the $400 for a good one.

Unfortunately I didn't take pictures of my modified brackets but here are two with the bumper on.

[hillbilly]

then by rights the rear bumper off of the cj/tj/yj is wider than the front should fit well on the rear   right???