Steering box ripped off the frame

[rguignard]

ok for all of you that really wheel your rigs unlike us in east texas (remember only mud here yea right) i ripped my steering box off the frame last weekend its back on (long bolts with nuts) i have my bumper all the way past the steering box bolts but what can i do to make it NOT happen again ? i have a steering box brace that im going to install is that it.

[LizardRunner]

I plan on adding stiffening to both sides of the uniframe with internal tubes for the bolts to go through when I install my bored box plus probably get a good brace. Other than doing those things, I don't know what else could be done for extra beef in that area.

[Mudderoy]

ok for all of you that really wheel your rigs unlike us in east texas (remember only mud here yea right) i ripped my steering box off the frame last weekend its back on (long bolts with nuts) i have my bumper all the way past the steering box bolts but what can i do to make it NOT happen again ? i have a steering box brace that im going to install is that it.

I need to double check with Mark "DETOURS" but when I asked him about this on my rig he said the front bumper he built for me would take care of this. Again, perhaps I misunderstood, because if I am reading what you wrote correctly it sounds like you did your bumper mount the same way.

[rguignard]

I need to double check with Mark "DETOURS" but when I asked him about this on my rig he said the front bumper he built for me would take care of this. Again, perhaps I misunderstood, because if I am reading what you wrote correctly it sounds like you did your bumper mount the same way.

yes my bumper is way past the steering box bolts but i think my bolts might have come loose and i jumped it and landed with the wheels turned :crazy:

[Mudderoy]

yes my bumper is way past the steering box bolts but i think my bolts might have come loose and i jumped it and landed with the wheels turned :crazy:

So it tore out on the other side of the unibody?

[rguignard]

So it tore out on the other side of the unibody?

nope ripped the threads out of the box

[LizardRunner]

I didn't make my post clear I notice. I'll have long bumper mounts, going as far past the steering box mount as possible and a long plate on the mounting side as well with thru bolt tubes welded to those. I'm thinking the whole thing should hold up to anything I might wheel over or around. and yeah rene, if you jumped it and landed with turned wheels, that torque is probably what ripped it loose.

[Mudderoy]

nope ripped the threads out of the box

HOLY CRAP! I never thought about that happening. Makes sense to me now... :sign0181:

[4.3LXJ]

There are a couple of things you can do, some cheap and some not. First, as mentioned extend a metal plate from the stock bumper mounts all the way back to the grometed hole for the stock tow bar bracket. Second you can also fab or weld in a plate on the inside too. Third, you can purchase an aftermarket steering box brace that will brace the lower part of the box to the other frame rail. Fourth, you can put a hydraulic assist on which will cut the torque on the box in half.

[Firemanray]

yes my bumper is way past the steering box bolts but i think my bolts might have come loose and i jumped it and landed with the wheels turned :crazy:

Rene,...Rene,...Rene....I've seen you jump, they don't make a steering box with threads that strong!!

[4x4Dalton]

Always said Rene was the Chuck Norris of wheelin never said his XJ was :D

[DETOURS]

Not alot of prevention for ripping threads out......lol......except for 4.3's suggestion of hydro.........:o

[Weldmen]

I think Rene needs to just lay off the Viagra when he's wheelin :rotfl2:..:banana:

[xjpirate]

have you plated the bottom of frame rail also?? you can easily modify reinforcement with a nice piece of 1/4'' i think it needs to be 3 1/2'' x 6'' and throw down a nice sturdy corner joint. make sure you drill holes where the threaded bolt hole( or holes ) are before and burn it it nice and deep