Today I finally got around to welding up the cracks in the front frame horns. While I was up there, I decided to add this brace to the Saginaw steering setup.
No, it’s not an original idea - it was suggested by the guys over on EarlyCJ5.com as a way to mitigate some of the effects of the Saginaw box on the early Jeep frames.
It’s cheap enough insurance. On the frame end is just a bracket from angle iron. I’m especially happy with my welds on this…I must have lucked into the magic combination of metals, wire speed and voltage settings:
The tube is a length of solid 1/2” steel.
At the steering box end I used a chain-link fence bracket. It’s a bit softer metal than I’d like, but I just didn’t have the alternate suggestion on hand, which is a Chevy connecting rod.
Everything getting a fresh coat of rattle can black:
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Pepe on May 03, 2008