Hey everyone! I'm not sure about this so I figured I'd get some other opinions. The pictures below are of my engine cradle were one of the welds broke, In between the rear cradle mount and the inner tie rod mount. I was thinking that I could just bend it back in place and reweld it?? Do you guys think this will work or that it will cause an issue?? Thanks Everyone!





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[This message has been edited by ICCAMDFIERO (edited 11-02-2009).]

Should be able to weld it together fine, I would also bridge a plate over it and weld that over the break.

How did that come apart in the first place ?

Thanks! I'm not to sure how it came apart? It was like that when I bought the car I'm guessing? I noticed it wen dropping the cradle for my swap.

well, you're supposed to gently set it down, not drop it!

duh! there's your answer.

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"Be not led astray, bretheren beloved..." -James 1:16.


Thanks, Danyel, for the graphic.

Clean her up and weld it back together. As Mike says, add some metal for reinforcement. Hard to tell from the pics but it looks like the factory weld failed and let the monut pull away from the cradle. There is a lot of pressure on that mount - especially while taking it through the twisties. I'd look over the rest of the monuts on the cradle and reweld/reinforce them too. It may be one of those "Friday" cradles! You know? The last one built just before quitting time on a Firday!

Pat

thatnks for the help guys! Yea maybe I shouldn't have dropped it so hard lol... Or maybe I hit that spot with the sawzaw I used to cut the front bolts out... haha. The car was in pretty bad shape when I bought it. But shes coming right along, and will hopefully done by spring.