Thanks guys,
The CJ frame came from the factory with three captured nuts on the driver side frame rail for the frame shackle hanger and steering bracket for whatever reason my frame was missing the rear most captured nut. However, there was a perfectly good empty round hole so I ground down the 6 points on a grade 8 nut and burned it in.
I trimmed the front crossmember a bit more then ran a few beads to bridge the gap and straighten the area. I also used por-15 patch over the weld.
I welded in a plate behind the trimmed area for extra support as well, por-15 patch, and top coat.
After test fitting the bracket there was a need to enlarge one hole to fit properly. Although the kit came with a ¼ spacer (bracket to frame rail) I decided to cut down a used frame shackle bracket and use that instead (it was larger and matched the front frame bracket perfectly). The PS pump was painted by the PO so I removed all the old red paint.
Primed and top coated the pump, steering bracket, spacer, and pitman arm. I installed the lines to keep the oil where it should be and not mix with the paint.
I flipped the bracket over and used it as a template to drill a third hole to help support the box (bolt furthest on right). I torqued the crossmember bracket bolts to 45 ft lbs and the frame bracket bolts to 35 ft lbs used blue locetite as well.
Side view of spacer
Side note: I had previously moved the shackle forward 1” to use yj springs.
Installed the pitman arm (180 ft lbs) and drag link (60 ft lbs min) (FSJ)
