Welded tranny crossmember

[grayguy]

So I was thinking, why should I bother to buy poly bushings for my tranny crossmember when I could just weld the 3 pieces together as one solid piece. I'd still be using the group N tranny mount to connect the tranny to the, crossmember, and I could still drop the whole unit to be able to drop the tranny. Am I missing something here?

[chuckthefuk]

These items are designed to flex under heavy load thus the need for a elastic type bushing. Welding them together will eventually lead to the welds breaking. I don't see the need to do this when the crossmember bushings are pretty cheap.

-Chuck

[Huffer]

You have to have SOME flex in everything. If you don't, the weakest link breaks eventually (and it'll feel like you're riding in a rail car on old train tracks).

This is why when people beef up their swaybars, sway links, they end up breaking the swaybar mount...