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Help! Broke bracket. Stuck in Silverthorne

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Old Aug 4, 2013 | 06:54 AM
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Default Help! Broke bracket. Stuck in Silverthorne

Need a welder?

Steering gone

Gotta drive back to Texas!
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Old Aug 4, 2013 | 07:17 AM
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That sucks. Hope you find someone. If you were In our neck of the woods, we could give you a hand with that.

Were you driving and it broke, or wheeling?
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Old Aug 4, 2013 | 08:11 AM
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In the hotel parking lot, LOL. Good thing it gave up there, and not out on a trail.
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Old Aug 4, 2013 | 08:13 AM
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Is that something a gusset would have prevented?
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Old Aug 4, 2013 | 08:28 AM
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I just moved from there, your kinda sol till tomorrow. Then you can go to cooks welding by the ford dealer.
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Old Aug 4, 2013 | 08:43 AM
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Thanks for the recommendation. Looks like the trackbar bracket. Should be able to weld, I guess. Maybe reinforce?
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Old Aug 4, 2013 | 09:29 AM
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Same thing happened to me in new haven ct. And I was driving all the way to va. You gotta find a wlelder get it welded on and drive home slow. I had to go 55 mph the while way home. Just can't get frustrated.
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Old Aug 4, 2013 | 11:52 AM
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Well, it's looking like another night in Silverthorne. Suggestions on reinforcing the track bar bracket?
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Old Aug 4, 2013 | 12:06 PM
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Are you lifted?

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Weld-on, this is what is going on my pr44. Not sure if you could use it for the smaller tubes.
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But rather than overnight something in, might be better off just having the welding shop you find do enough to get you home and then research the options from there.
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Old Aug 4, 2013 | 12:35 PM
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2.5 inch lift
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