rangerenthiusiast
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Hey, all. So the cab mount bushings on my ’92 Ranger went bad while the PO still had it. Because he never fixed them, the circular holes in the top of the mounts themselves became enlarged. The rest of the mounts are fine, but the sleeves on the new mounts would have all kinds of slop if I installed them with things the way they are. Here’s a pic: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10jLxkpCQYdIlDTo2fARtQlmlG6bDG5U_/view?usp=sharing.
My intent was to take the mounts out, use a hole saw on a drill press to cut out a circular hole where things are bad, then either weld a circular piece of good steel where the bad was removed, or else plate the top of the mount. I know that the latter would raise the cab an 1/8” over stock, but I think I’m fine with that.
Unfortunately, it took me about 2 hours of grinding to get one mount loose, so now I’m going to just jack the body off the mounts, then weld some plate with predrilled holes for the bushing sleeves to go through on top. Here’s the problem: I’ve looked around here for hole saws at places like Lowe’s and Home Depot, but can only find BiMetal ones. My experience with BiMetal drill bits has been that unless the metal is very thin (like tin roofing), BiMetal anything won’t do jack.
Does anyone know what kind of hole saw (diamond dust encrusted?), I’d need to cut through 1/8” steel plate and where I might be able to find them? A torch isn’t an option, as I don’t own one and want a cleaner cut than that.
Thanks for any input!
My intent was to take the mounts out, use a hole saw on a drill press to cut out a circular hole where things are bad, then either weld a circular piece of good steel where the bad was removed, or else plate the top of the mount. I know that the latter would raise the cab an 1/8” over stock, but I think I’m fine with that.
Unfortunately, it took me about 2 hours of grinding to get one mount loose, so now I’m going to just jack the body off the mounts, then weld some plate with predrilled holes for the bushing sleeves to go through on top. Here’s the problem: I’ve looked around here for hole saws at places like Lowe’s and Home Depot, but can only find BiMetal ones. My experience with BiMetal drill bits has been that unless the metal is very thin (like tin roofing), BiMetal anything won’t do jack.
Does anyone know what kind of hole saw (diamond dust encrusted?), I’d need to cut through 1/8” steel plate and where I might be able to find them? A torch isn’t an option, as I don’t own one and want a cleaner cut than that.
Thanks for any input!