Overheard a guy at the parts counter talking about frame cracks on his '98 Tacoma

He was saying his shop found a hairline crack near the steering box mount after he installed a heavy winch bumper. Apparently the older frames on those trucks just can't handle the extra weight from a big winch and 35s without reinforcement. He said it took 3 weekends to cut out the bad section and weld in a new plate kit from a company called Frame Notched. Makes me wonder how many of us are running heavy bumpers on trucks that are 20+ years old without checking the frame first. Anyone else actually inspected their frame lately or just sending it?

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oliver71923d ago

Pretty sure those frames had rust issues way before winch bumpers, the Tacoma frame recall was a whole thing. Adding 200 pounds to a rusty frame just speeds up what was already coming.

wendy7223d ago

First gen Tacoma frames were basically made of paper mache from the factory lol.