Upper torque box fell off!

[Legendary]

I knew that it was going but the whole damn thing just dropped one day! I saw that it was cracking sometime last year. I upgraded to the MM torque arm suspension a couple of months ago so I didn't need the upper control arms at all. One day I was hear a loud rattling and I jack the car up and the damn thing was laying over the axle! The muffler was the only thing holding it up! I examined the car and there isn't any cracks in the frame so I should be fine. I shouldn't worry about anything right? Check out the pics.

 

[Legendary]

Well, it's not letting me attach pictures but believe me.. It fell off.



What's up with the attachments? Anybody having a problem with this?

 

[Legendary]

Upper passenger side torque box:

Clean spot is where it used to be:

Different view:

So you can get a picture of how it's suppose to sit in there, the driver side.

 

[ram360]

Wow, That's bad. I think you should be worried.

 

[Sicarius428]

Well at least there isn't any rust or rust isn't the cause. Weld that baby back in and get some torque box reinforcements and you should be set. Good luck
Kevin

 

[TIMMY2734]

This should be a quick lesson for those who think they dont need upper torque box reinforcements.......

 

[ponyboy19]

If you have a Torque arm than I don't see why you need them? you didn't have any uppers arms on them anyways did you. I wouldn't worry about it. Weight Reduction

 

[TIMMY2734]

he doesnt. But the simple fact that it just "fell off" is quite comical lol

 

[drgn5.0]

that is mad tight yo lol

 

[Rick 91GT]

Weird....

The factory spot welds are junk, I personally have not had any issue after fully welding the seams on various cars ranging from 250-600hp, slicks, radials. I'm not a huge fan of the current available aftermarket upper TQ box supports however they do seem to work I guess. I am working on something though.....

 

[Quick5pnt0]

http://www.wildridesracecars.com/chassis3.html

 

[blackstangt]

yea go to that site
and definately fix them

 

[Rick 91GT]

He doesn't need to fix them guys, he runs a Torque arms so his car does not have any upper control arms........

 

[blackstangt]

well then what stress broke them?

 

[TIMMY2734]

Rick, youve probably seen it, but wild rides makes a complete setup for the uppers. Both mounts and the crossmember get scrapped. Really killer piece.

 

[SlowGT]

He doesn't need to fix them guys, he runs a Torque arms so his car does not have any upper control arms........

Yeah...but he needs somewhere to hang the muffler

 

[Rick 91GT]

I've seen the S-box in the ads, heard they work well but take a little to install, placement as always is very critical.

 

[I candy]

they fell off cause it felt unwanted after the lower upgrade.

accually i have no idea what you guys are talking bout. but very interesting.

 

[Legendary]

well then what stress broke them?

They started to go when I had the bbk uppers on there. You can here it make noise everytime I went over a bump. This was last year. I just got the torque arm put in a couple of months ago. The funny thing is when the uppers were connected they held up. IT wasn't untill they were free of stress (only the weight of the muffler) is when it decided to fall out.

Lesson to all: UP GRADE THOSE TORQUE BOXES!!

BTW: I don't need it anymore. I'll keep it around the house to show the Mustang buddies!

He doesn't need to fix them guys, he runs a Torque arms so his car does not have any upper control arms........

Bingo!