Steering box reinforcement

[Kano808]

Anyone know if I can use thesehttp://www.rustysoffroad.com/rustys-steering-box-frame-plate-xj-cherokee-drivers-side.htmlsteering box reinforcement plates on my 1986 Jeep Conanche? They are for a Cherokee but don't have one listed for Comanche. If not what have some of you gents done to reinforce the frame where the steering box is attached? Thanks for all input

[DirtyComanche]

The will fit the same as on an XJ.

[Kano808]

Raj thanks, did you end up using this one?

[DirtyComanche]

I've always made my own.  And I weld them on.  Which isn't necessarily the route many people want to go.  But there's no difference between an XJ and a MJ in that area, so any of the aftermarket braces will fit.

 

I build my own because I dislike the tolerances on the holes on the aftermarket ones.  They make them so they will fit, so the holes are large.  If you look at the holes in the uniframe in that area, you'll see they're quite large too, for the same reason, the factory had sloppy tolerances so they wanted to make sure it would fit.  I want it to be so the bolt just barely slides through the hole and lines up perfectly with the box.  Plus on the latest thing I'm building the outer brace is integrated into the track bar mount and some other stuff, so it really had to be a custom jobby from that standpoint anyways.

[Kano808]

Ah nice that's legit! I can def see the benefits of going that route.