Saginaw Brace

I think chris Insulls is braced , Im going to brace mine for sure.

 

Yeh Chris is braced. I believe he bought his though.

 

Mike If I had a three bolt box I might consider it. A little extra cross bracing could n't hurt depends on the box mount setup. As for the end brace, large mufflerclamp? Had a guy tell me that he used a clamp off of a galvanized cyclone fence post?

 

I had some one tell me that they could see the end of the frame channel twisting when someone turned the wheel on hard surface. The brace is cheap ins , because without on board welder a frame brake could prove a problem on the trail and fatal on the road. When it comes so steering and brakes Ill add all the reducancy posible.

 

Mike I built mine for my jeep but did not get installed for tellico do to forgetting to drill the holes in the frame before putting the springs back on. The small end of the steering box where the pitman comes out is really what you want to brace and small block Chevy rods are suppose to fit around the bottom of the steering box.

 

Heres how mine goes:

Piece of angle iron bolted to the pass. side frame frame (boxed)
I used 1/2 dia. 16 ga. tube from the hardware store for the side-side part. I heated on end of the tube and smashed it in the vise so it would fit between the steering box clamp.

For the box clamp I used a small piece of rollbar tube that I had laying around. I halved it and then welded on small ears to each half of the tube. The ears have holes in them so I could bolt them onto the box. I could have used a fence post clamp but didn't like how flimsy they were.

 

Heres a pic of mine.



I had heard of the rod end idea, but didn't have any. I wound up using a 2" muffler clamp we had kicking around at work and some 3/4" square tube. Seems to be holding up just fine to my 36" tires and welded frontend.

This was one of those mods that it doesn't make sense not to do it. It was very easy to make and adds another degree of insurance to your steering.

Kevo

 

how about some pics guys, im getting ready for a the big swap and i need all the advice i can get,thanks,jared

 

Heres pics of mine. The angle iron part is bolted with 2 5/16 bolts on the bottom.

 

I've run a manual 3 bolt box since 1976, no problems here.
if I had power steering and was running the rocks, it would be a good idea.
I've always believed you lose "feeling' thru the wheel with PS.

 

Thanks guys for the pics I will keep this thread for when I finally get around to working on my JEEP again And yeh this seems like one of those mods you do because "you might as well" Kinda like strut tower brace on Mustangs and FWD tuner cars.

 

Mike - I'm gonna revoke your booger welder card. That looks nice.