Well, just one look at this hacked-together POS should have been a tip-off it was a Mickey-Mouse, fly-by-night snowjob.

Tried pointing this out 4 years ago and no one would listen (it was actually previous to this but that thread is gone):

Moparts Thread

Not supposed to weld steering components. Period. End of story. It's ILLEGAL where I live and likely the same where you are.

Love it when I'm right. Up next, Hellcats are going down in value, ready to re-vive a certain thread when the time comes.