One of the steering stops on the solid front axle that I am rebuilding is bent inward pretty badly. Is it safe to leave it like that and beef it up with some gussets or do I need to bang it back out somehow? I'm sure someone has ran into this before.
Here is a picture of it. You can't see it that great but it is the closest one on the right hand side of the picture.
Philip<br />-90 2Dr 4runner<br />www.cootees.net
Stock ones are junk.. torch em off and weld some plated ones on there.
If your stops are bent from an accident, then there's a good chance your whole housing is bent. That's what I went through and didn't realize it was bent until I started taking things apart.
There's not much you can do for a bent housing other than get a new one. If your housing is good, then you can bend back your steering stop and box it or otherwise reinforce it.
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Steve
1993 4runner, SAS, 3.0L, Auto Tranny
2007 4runner, stock. For now.
It wasn't in an accident. I think they were bent from a previous owner just being hard on them. At least the housing does not look bent as far as I can tell. I guess I will know more as I tear it apart.
Philip<br />-90 2Dr 4runner<br />www.cootees.net
the human eye cannot tell if a housing is bent unless its really bad
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