sammi_davis
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Well a combination of my F 250 Shock tower and too long a shock with no bumpstop came to a sad ending . I had looked at the mounts and wondered why the previous owner had welded them straight to the frame , but the welds looked good so I left them be .
If you are putting F 250 towers on you can use this as a guide for making the frame stronger and better able to handle the load of the tower .
We ratchet strapped it and I removed the shock back at camp . Believe it or not it didn't feel squirrelly with just 1 shock up front .
I cut out the few welds that were still holding . This took a lot longer than I thought it would .
Here it is all removed .
I found a nice piece of angle that was the same height as the frame rail .
I cut it with the Porta Band to almost the same width as the top of the frame . I wanted it a little narrower so I could weld it from the top edge .
Here it is all in place and ready to go .
Next I removed the positive from the battery cable .
I chamfered the edges with a 6" grinder and stuck it in place .
Once it was welded on both ends I stitched the bottom and the back that were difficult to reach .
I ran my welder (HD 100 Lincoln ) on C for heat and a wire speed of 3.5 The around the corner bead isn't too bad but the other welds came out good . These are flux core welds .
Heres the finished repair all painted up . The F 250 shock tower will go back on this and it will spread the load over a much larger and thicker surface . The bumpstops will take some pressure off the mount also .
The F 250 tower shouldn't be welded to the frame without plate anyways . This is the 4th tower I have seen tear the frame . Before it tears the other side I will do the same process . I will add to this once I get home from Texas and weld the new tower to the now strengthend frame .
If you are putting F 250 towers on you can use this as a guide for making the frame stronger and better able to handle the load of the tower .
We ratchet strapped it and I removed the shock back at camp . Believe it or not it didn't feel squirrelly with just 1 shock up front .
I cut out the few welds that were still holding . This took a lot longer than I thought it would .
Here it is all removed .
I found a nice piece of angle that was the same height as the frame rail .
I cut it with the Porta Band to almost the same width as the top of the frame . I wanted it a little narrower so I could weld it from the top edge .
Here it is all in place and ready to go .
Next I removed the positive from the battery cable .
I chamfered the edges with a 6" grinder and stuck it in place .
Once it was welded on both ends I stitched the bottom and the back that were difficult to reach .
I ran my welder (HD 100 Lincoln ) on C for heat and a wire speed of 3.5 The around the corner bead isn't too bad but the other welds came out good . These are flux core welds .
Heres the finished repair all painted up . The F 250 shock tower will go back on this and it will spread the load over a much larger and thicker surface . The bumpstops will take some pressure off the mount also .
The F 250 tower shouldn't be welded to the frame without plate anyways . This is the 4th tower I have seen tear the frame . Before it tears the other side I will do the same process . I will add to this once I get home from Texas and weld the new tower to the now strengthend frame .
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) this allows more weld area and more surface area for the plating to do its job.
