Kyeakel
Gear Grinder
My recently purchased Willys truck has a few issues which need repair before I put it on the road. The first one is the frame is cracked on the driver's side just below the rear of the cab.

What I did to repair this is to take a 20' long stick of 1.5" square tubing and place it on top of the shackle mounts, then measure from the bottom of the tube to the top of the frame. I did this on the passenger side which was not cracked and then compared it to the driver's side.

The cracked area was down more than an inch. This also made the rear of the frame 2" higher when measured from the bottom of the frame to the shop floor.
Once I got the measurements to match, I welded up the cracks from both sides. I then made a reinforcement plate which is welded to the inside of the frame channel that spans the cracked area. Actually, I made 2 and did both sides so they would match.
I'll post a photo of the repair as I seem to have misplaced it. Here is the dxf file for the plate.
Thanks,
Kipp

What I did to repair this is to take a 20' long stick of 1.5" square tubing and place it on top of the shackle mounts, then measure from the bottom of the tube to the top of the frame. I did this on the passenger side which was not cracked and then compared it to the driver's side.

The cracked area was down more than an inch. This also made the rear of the frame 2" higher when measured from the bottom of the frame to the shop floor.
Once I got the measurements to match, I welded up the cracks from both sides. I then made a reinforcement plate which is welded to the inside of the frame channel that spans the cracked area. Actually, I made 2 and did both sides so they would match.
I'll post a photo of the repair as I seem to have misplaced it. Here is the dxf file for the plate.
Thanks,
Kipp