Thumper
1/2 ton status
I know there are many manu. that sell a weld on frame support for a repair of the frame from steering box cracks. But heres what I am planning:
I had an old 3/4 ton frame that used to be a truck before I stripped it totally. I started cutting the frame into pieces today so I could get it to the dump... well, I was looking at the box mounting holes on this frame and it occurred to me that a guy might be able to use the same section of frame from the junk frame to cut out the weld on piece. So I proceeded to cut the frame up and ended up with this:
Does this resemble the piece you would get when you buy the kit? Ive never seen one. I plan on trimming this piece down so it will lay flat on the outside of the frame, maybe a slight curve over the top and bottom of the frame rail, and weld it on.
Any inputs? Anything else I should do? I am thinking of adding another brace of some sort the way that bolt on support kit goes, but I have to locate a pic of that too.
Mike
I had an old 3/4 ton frame that used to be a truck before I stripped it totally. I started cutting the frame into pieces today so I could get it to the dump... well, I was looking at the box mounting holes on this frame and it occurred to me that a guy might be able to use the same section of frame from the junk frame to cut out the weld on piece. So I proceeded to cut the frame up and ended up with this:
Does this resemble the piece you would get when you buy the kit? Ive never seen one. I plan on trimming this piece down so it will lay flat on the outside of the frame, maybe a slight curve over the top and bottom of the frame rail, and weld it on.
Any inputs? Anything else I should do? I am thinking of adding another brace of some sort the way that bolt on support kit goes, but I have to locate a pic of that too.
Mike
