Cracked frame

[Canadian chevy]

My frame is cracked on top and goes into a hole where the box gets bolted down. How do I go about fixing this or any ideas?

 

[hirschdalechevy]

V the crack out with a grinder and weld it , then get the ord frame brace kit and put it on. Or they sell a plate kit that looks like crap , (IMO) , but it works and the other thing I have done is box the frame on the back side with sleeves between the outer frame rail and the inner frame rail ,(you welded in) around the bolts , and you are good to go. That's the ways I have done it but I don't like the plate kit because of the look of it , now I just weld the cracks and use the brace kit , no problems.

 

[HotRodPC]

My frame is cracked on top and goes into a hole where the box gets bolted down. How do I go about fixing this or any ideas?

Did you mean steering box or truck bed box?

 

[Canadian chevy]

Truck bed box sorry about the confusion.

 

[HotRodPC]

So it's on top of the rail, or the bottom. can't make out the in the pic very well. But nonetheless, neither would be a critical spot as of yet and it's not very long. You can probably get by with hitting the end of the crack with a drill bit and drill a hole. That should stop the crack from growing. Then I'd use a thick washer over the crack to spread the torque out over the crack.

 

[hirschdalechevy]

ooop's I will shut up now

 

[HotRodPC]

Maybe you shouldn't. I see that pic again, and notice the crack is longer than I first thought. It's more than halfway to the edge of the rail. A V grind and a quick tap with the welder might not be a bad idea. Must be cracked frame week. I think that's about #3 this week. Got a bed box crack, a shock mount crack, and a steering box crack seems to be about a once a month ordeal.