rubi4life

so about a year ago iw ent over a log in my stock rubicon, in the process, i bent up my gastank skid pretty bad. This is causing the gas tank to rub with the body of the jeep and make an annoying sound all the time, is there any way to bend the dent out?

sa29560

Take off the skid, hammer the piss out of it.

It may or may not help, but at least you tried

rubi4life

true true....is there any after market one that would work in conjunction with the stock ones?

TX_Dave

Be careful taking off the gas tank skid plate, the skid plate holds the gas tank in place.

rubi4life

Does it really? i was wondering that. i also noticed that the gas skid is connected to someother skid? i cant remember which one though... thats horrible design.

SIDsjeep

im pretty sure its also connected to the transfercase/ tranny skid if i remeber right. at least theres protection there.

Shankspony

Yes, tranny skid. They come off easy-peezy. And as another stated, the tank is held in place by it's skid. There's a write-up around here somewhere as to how to handle the gas tank skid replacement/removal.

rubi4life

so will i be safe to just take skid off and leave gas tank hanging or should i put a jack there to hold it up in place once i take the skid off?

Shankspony

Proper removal would include draining the tank, securing fuel lines, lowering the entire unit as one piece, disconnecting sending unit/pump/hoses, removal of tank from plate... etc...

The impression I get is that you will not be able to support the tank separate of the plate.

rubi4life

Got it. Well ill have to take it in and get someone else to do so then. Thanks yall for the help.