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Broken Subframe.


joey b

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Well, it appears that the car I just bought has a broken subframe rather than a broken motor mount. Not that I really car either way. Can I weld this subframe back into place? Where the rear passenger mount attaches the cradle has come off. A welder should be able to hold that up, right?

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Same thing happened to my friend's Regal. He got one with the rack and pinion on it from a j/y for $100... it's not to terribly hard to do but it's still pretty hard to do. Welding may be the way to go if you have the tools and such.

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Hmm...with some of the problems Ive been hearing about,I would feel safer getting a complete Good Used frame cradle from the salvage yard then trying to fix the old one.I have no doubt a good welder can fix it but theres no guarantee the fatigue of the metal isnt still gonna be there someplace.

 

Maybe get a used cradle and have a welder reinforce stronger plates onto it in places for extra strength?

 

Btw is your cradle rusted a bit?Do you know what the main cause of the breakage may be?Those are important questions to ask before repairing old cradles.Just trying to offer some additional insights to the problem.

 

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