Steering box reinforcement

[speed_deed]

Anyone know of a steering box frame reinforcement kit?.

My frame broke in half on an '89 K5 and the steering box riped loose.

Summit and LMC carry a kit for under $80.

Is there anything else out there?

 

[Deuling]

Off road design

 

[mr250twostroke]

Broke in half? Reinforcement kit? Huh... got a picture?

 

[dremu]

Actually snapped the frame in two? Dang.

The popular kits here come from

http://offroaddesign.com/catalog/steeringkit.htm

They have a "bolt-in" brace, which prevents future damage on a straight frame via triangulation.

They also have a "weld-in" brace, to help in the repair of your busted frame and strengthen it.

You need both. Badly, apparently

-- A

 

[speed_deed]

The first thought that came to my mind was... 'I'll bet ORd makes something for this'


I will get some pictures taken, I cracked frames under the firewall behind the front spring, and I've cracked them at the t-case crossmember, but this was by FAR the worst especially with the AWESOME steering adjustment I got when the box popped loose going down the road, (about 4 steering wheels turns to what normal would take one.) Pretty freakin neat....

 

[mr250twostroke]

Your going to have to provide a picture at least. Fixing what you seem to describe, with an ord or anyone's "reinforcement" kit isn't possible. Did you infact break your frame and rip the box off?

 

[454Sub]

Broken in half will deff take more than a weld in kit plus a bolt in one... Somehow fish-plating the entire frame, then using the bolt in kit with longer bolts i would assume... I also used nuts on the end of the longer than needed bolts so the box can never work loose.