My gosh, I hope it's not that expensive: $2500 deductible!

 

WTF is a 2500 deductible? For COLLISION coverage you have a $2500 deductible? I think you might have a $250 deductible. Check again.

The most I have ever heard of is $1000. Do you have a commercial policy or something? I know a little about insurance.

What company and what type? That is just outragous.

 

Mark, sorry about the mishap. Ah, the joys of driving Pop's car. My father would let me drive the Caddy, never wrecked it or even got close, but none the less I was the wreck afterward. Glad no one was injured.

I've had the pleasure of drilling into mine and was happy to find underneath the topcoat a decent cast aluminum part. I suggest you repair the existing piece by welding it. Shouldn't cost much, I used to do that sort of thing some time ago and would charge 10-15 bucks at the most. A little welding, a little paint, good as new. I would not, however, recommend any type of adhesive fix because of the nature of the part. Failure at speed would almost guarantee more twisted metal.

 

I would shot for #3 - I have one where are you located. I am in San Marcos, CA.

 

Thanks, Gear. I've made an offer to someone else via PM. I'll see how that works out. And I'm in Oklahoma. Was in California a couple weeks ago on vacation, but no longer.

 

It's $2500 on the house, the Jeep and the Trans Am (truck is liability only). I can afford self-insurance for smaller events to paying a company that will raise my rates or dump me for making a claim. Insurance is, for me, for a catastrophic event. The company is Farmer's, BTW, and that's the highest deductible they offer on personal policies.

 

Thanks for the advice, John. If I was out in San Diego I'd ask my dad about welding it. He's 80-years old and was a professional welder in shipbuilding and aviation for 50 years, having learned the craft as a Seabee on Okinawa in WW II. If you ever notice how the clam-shell thrust reversers work on a commercial jet, he built the very first one: A model with a small jet motor for Rohr Corp. of Chula Vista to convince the Boeing engineers in the mid-50s that they needed those for the 707. Anyway, I'm not a much of a welder, but I do remember his cautioning me about welding cast parts. Right now, it looks like there are several folks on JK-Forum with one of these laying around, so that looks like the best option.

 

LOL, I trip over commercial thrust reversers everyday at work........I used to deal with Rohr on a weekly basis, that I don't miss. Very interesting about your pop fabbing the first one. Although I work in the military section, I have to weed my way through the commercial side T.R.'s to get to my desk

To stay on topic here, hope you find one to replace the tweaked one. We'll have to go wheel sometime, I'm in Tulsa.

 

John--

Yeah! You might want to keep an eye on this thread:

Oklahoma City--JK-Forum.com

 

1. Don't back into shit!

2. I'd either weld or get a new carrier. The glue sounds like an idea that'll kill someone when your tire/wheel come off on the freeway.