First off slap some more metal in there and get her back to snuff but wana keep if from doing it again... a fellow member on here big boze cracked his frame in half month or 2 ago at the steering box and this fixed her after the weld.... its on one of the video's i posted under general forums i posted if you wana see the break LOL,,, called Lake Kapowisn.... but anyway on to the FIX........ 8)
Hey wana know how to keep that sucker to keep from breaking where the steering box is ,,, first weld it up again and you could brace it or not it dont realy matter that much,,, but the problem is when your axle flexes... when your wheeling .your springs wana move and it forces lots of stress on that drivers side weak point is right there.
here is an easy 15 buck fix.. Autozone sells an extended shackle kit for like 1.5 inch lift for the rear it allows the springs to move front and back as they flex ,,, tons more movement ,,, cause the stockers even with a lift move up and down but
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movment is severely limited,,, and the frame cracks in that spot on the stering box,,,due to the springs constantly pulling on opposite sides of it and just constant hammering on it and just the weight of it in general etc etc,,, if you can eliminate some of these problems for 15 bucks it clears up and the diffrence is immeidate plus 1.5 inches of lift for 15 bucks its win win deal :thumb:
i have had this problem,, guy told me about this... and it cleared it right up... not happend again... so now i spread the 15$ schackle love :thumb:
hope this helps