Frame repair/welder tips

[cdxhizors]

So the last foot of my frame is shot. The rest looks good. But around the bumper brackets is pretty Swiss cheese like. So if I cut the rear of a frame from a junkyard truck, and cut mine in the same spot it should be pretty easy to replace right? I want to be able to tow without the fear of ripping my frame apart. Any tips on how to repair this? I have some spare metal around for welding around the joint. Not sure how thick I'd need though.

 

[Mightyfordranger]

I have done a few frame patches living here in Ohio the best method I have seen and used is to take a length of matieral I used .187 plate (only have a 110mig gun) and cut the ends to a 30° angle a side so that the patch looks like this <==> like (sorry working with a crap phone here) and weld it in on either side along the angle cut lines.

Because if you just a regular square ended plate it generally breaks right along the welded edge after a while.

Also my truck has the same frame problem I was just going to get a frame section like your idea and weld both side with patches like I explained and then drill through the frame and bolt it on either end. so if your weld breaks then it's gotta shear 6 or how ever many bolts you put in if the weld breaks.

Now for your rear shackles just unbolt them make your patch job a little further up the frame and rebolt your shackles on or just redrill and bolt them through your patch

Anyway you you decide to do it I wish you luck
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[alwaysFlOoReD]

https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=partn...7j15#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=welding frame&gsc.page=1

 

[holyford86]

If its a 98 up you can just swap the back half of the frame out for a good one as the frame is two pieces, making the repair a bolt together affair

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[cdxhizors]

If its a 98 up you can just swap the back half of the frame out for a good one as the frame is two pieces, making the repair a bolt together affair

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Missed it by one year. Or else this would have been easy. Mines a 97. I'll be pulling the bed to look at options this weekend.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Here's a pdf from Ford Body Builders on frame extensions. The same princples would apply to frame repair;
http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9158&d=1358836447