steering box brace

[Shawns84]

Recently I bought a bds steering box brace. It says to skip weld the thing on. Im wondering why one would skip weld rather than welding around the whole thing... Anybody?
Also what should i set the toe at? Just put ball joints in and its drivin like a clown... It seems to drive nicer with it toed out a bit... When I had it toed in it chewed up the one bearing pretty good and started back on the death wobble thing...
Anyways, two birds with one post, i know...

 

[goldwing2000]

Toe should be set to zero, *possibly* a small amount in but zero works best.

As far as why to skip weld, I would assume to reduce the stress on the frame or to minimize the heat effects.

 

[BigEasy]

Skip welding is recommended so that if one weld starts to crack, the crack will not chase around the entire brace.

 

[Chaddy]

Skip welding is recommended so that if one weld starts to crack, the crack will not chase around the entire brace.

Yep. Mine is still holding strong 6 years later