frame broke

[jethro]

killed my frame

frame connected to traction bar



where the frame should be


driving down the road going to get on the interstate and i hear some thing clanging pull over and find this guess i had to much axle wrap and the frame gave up the ghost now i gotta weld it all back up tomorrow and gonna reinforce it with about a foot of angle on each side of the frame i am going to cut the other side off and beef it up before something bad happens there also

[szyd]

How were they mounted? i cant tell. Do you have pics of the mont before it broke?

[jethro]

it was welded to the under side of the frame the welds were intact but the frame gave up

[Ryan Rønning]

THat is wild dude. That could have been much worse.

[jethro]

yeah but thankfully it wasnt and as far as i can see there are no spider cracks going out but i am going to clean the whole area up tomorrow to make sure before i weld it back in and reinforce the crap outa it

[tdevinejr]

fish plate the side so it distributes the forces equally away for the weld

[Austinj427]

I think the angle would take care of that.

That's bad *** dude. Your welds were stronger then the Ford!

[jethro]

yep they are lol i got the piece of frame welded back in today gotta fab up some angle and weld that on then put the bars back in place. but i got side tracked putting a starter in an IDI lol

[PGreenSVT]

Wow. That's crazy man. Glad nothing worse happened. That could have been really bad news at highway speed.

[knostroke]

is your frame rusted out? do have alot of salt on the roads in the winter?