Rear tailing arm bracket cracked rusting away: Solutions?

[steveO]

Left side is floating in the breeze... on the highway at high speed I get a lot of rumble like a wheel out of balance.
Any way to fix this other than getting a junk yard portion of the rear frame and welding it in place?

Thanks

 

[Mooseman]

Someone else had the same thing and just got got it welded.

Upper Left Rear axle trailer/control Arm bracket corroded

 

[steveO]

Someone else had the same thing and just got got it welded.

Upper Left Rear axle trailer/control Arm bracket corroded

That part of mine has been gone for a while now.

The business end that connect to the frame is split. I'm not sure how that can be welded See attached photo

 

[steveO]

better photo of it

 

[therealsethallen]

Seems to be a continuing problem with these trucks in the salt belt. I got lucky. Even at nearly 180k miles mine is pretty solid still. I believe the original owners drove this truck to Florida annually and I have undercoated it each fall in my two years of ownership. I would contact a local body shop or welder. There's a welding shop here in my town that's put a few non-recall Toyota Tundras back together. One had snapped in half on a mechanic's lift!

 

[gmac310]

Welcome to the club. I had both of mine rot out to the point of being turned down for a sticker. I went and got a piece of 3/16" mild steel and cut and bent the pieces myself large enough to actually enclose the whole original and weld the seams.

 

[steveO]

Welcome to the club. I had both of mine rot out to the point of being turned down for a sticker. I went and got a piece of 3/16" mild steel and cut and bent the pieces myself large enough to actually enclose the whole original and weld the seams.

Nice!
Looks like that is what i need to have fabricated and installed.
Sent a pic to my welder friend
Thanks!