Oh ok. To me, the pic makes it look worse than 1/4".
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Oh ok. To me, the pic makes it look worse than 1/4".
Is the the inner link bracket on the other side of the frame, at the same location? Is there a cross member for the inner link at that location? Is it possible cross member could it be bent in the middle?
Yes same place , there’s no cross member other than the stock one in the back .
As I sit here and think about it I may have caused this , hard to explain but I’ll try , basically where the link brackets are welded I welded a plate on the back side of the frame and the brackets to box them , but when doing so I believe it fatigued the metal and caused the crack with all the flex,torque and so on.
I have a frame from an 86 but getting it to you would be the hard part
This is why my links are mounted to additional cross members, not the frame.
I broke frames on 2wd trucks due to engine torque at launch.
I broke frames on 2wd trucks due to engine torque at launch.
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leaning this way too....found a lot of this working on 18 wheelers and trailers...the more you tried to stop something from flexing, the stresses would just transfer to the point just beyond where all the stiffening was done.
that becomes the new flex point and boom.
think of it this way......if you are trying to dissipate flex stresses, would you do it over a longer or shorter piece of material?
Longer of course so you saying bulk the whole frame not just in the affected area correct?
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yup,,,,after determining what caused the flex or torque in the first place...can't have one portion of the frame flexy and another one stiff ....
either it needs to flex (twist ) end to end....
or be a solid platform---frame, cage, crossmembers.. and let the suspension and links do their job.
have you looked to see if you have any loose rivits or bolts on the front crossmembers?
My recommendation was to reinforce/plate the effected areas, add a crossmember between those links and then start working on more cage tie-in’s effort to strengthen the frame as a whole.
I say bend it back and plate it. I would run it fixed. I
And plate it on both sides. When you do it make sure you drill holes in different locations so you can plug weld most of the surface area
