- Aug 25, 2012
- 955
Hey all, I recently was working on my truck and noticed part of my frame that was a lot lighter colored than the rest of the rust on my truck. I poked it with my finger and it crumbled like it was made of bread crumbs. I then went for my flat head screw driver and used it to see how much bigger the hole would get before running into good metal. Sure enough I have one hole that is about a one inch circle and the other is around 4 inches long by an inch tall. I have 2 pictures of the holes below. I'm not sure if this can be taken to a body shop and have them weld a piece of metal over it or not so I figured I would ask on here first of all if anyone knows what part of the frame this would be called and if it can be welded. My mom's car was welded where her unibody frame snapped right off but it was a straight part to weld on. This area isn't straight with how the big hole that is punched out in the middle is formed. The part of the frame is on the passenger side and is directly to the rear of where the steering rack is bolted on at. If you look at my picture, you can see the one shows the boot for the inner tie rod and that is next to the part of the frame that has the 2 holes from rotting out. That part of the frame is very thin, maybe 1/8" thick I would guess compared to the actual frame above it. It is fairly easy to bend it on the other side where it isn't rusted if I stick a screw driver in there and pry at it a little. My truck still rides just fine even with this though but I don't want to let it get any worse before it runs the risk of my rack falling off the truck or something bad like that.