So I took some time this weekend to work on the Toyota crawler.
I cut the old steering box stuff off the frame and drilled the frame out for the 3/4” DOM sleeves for the new steering box bolts. Always sleeve your steering box mount bolts through the frame.
Plated the frame inside and out. 1/4” plate outside and 3/16” plate on the inside. Got it welded up and threw some paint on it.
So this is where the steering box lives now.
Moved forward about 2” and rotated it so I can run a flat pitman arm. Just enough room for the hydraulic fitting between the box and the freshly-clearanced core support.
Used a little rubber door edge trim on the area I opened up so it’s not sharp. Nothing fancy but keep people from cutting themselves if they reach in. I need to cut or flip the pitman arm to drag link bolt