Hey folks,
I good friend of mine owns a 1/4 mile paved Oval track here and he lets me goof off in my new (85) camaro on the track sometimes, high banked so you can really get into the corners. Well last night I went into the turn 3 and 4 corner really hard left, I go right too when no one else is there, Anyways I noticed going down the straight that the steering was really sloppy/loose. Inspection shows that the frame by the steering box had split/cracked. Anyone else ever had this happen? can I just weld it back up with reinforcement? I have broken the frame on my old Blazer and welded it up just fine, heh same place too.

Thankx in advance

Jim

 

yes its common for that spot to go after years of abuse in turns. Weld it correctly and then go ahead and get yourself a wonderbar. Youll be very happy you did. It will also make sure that it doesnt happen again. It tightens up the steering tremendously and takes a lot of stress off where the steering box mounts to frame.

 

yeah - when i re did my engine bay i had everything out and had to weld up the frame as well... make sure to dril stop the crack (dril a small hole at the end of the crack) and have it welded well...

i just finished getting my spohn adj wonder bar put in... world of difference, couldnt believe it.

 

weld it up with reinforcement and then get the wonderbar bolted on there before you hit the track again...

 

Thankx for the info all, I got it all welded up nice and waiting for the wonder bar to arrive. Close on the new house this week and gonna be moving soon so all projects are on hold. Kind of a pain but its got a bigger shop for the Nova and Camaro so its allllllllll gooooood!

Jim

 

I hope you drilled the ends of the crack, otherwise it could re appear. But then again, you will have the wonder bar on.