<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thank you for the reply.  I believe the "plates" offered by Ken Wilcox are a key to understanding a weak point.  </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 4:04 PM Mark L <<a href="mailto:coolvt@aol.com">coolvt@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-weight:bold">Maybe where the exhaust pipe passes through the frame? Seems the factory should have drilled hole in the bottom to drain water. They didn't (at least on mine) and they collect water and rust out.  I drilled holes in the bottom of my replacements. <br></span></div>
<br>In a message dated 1/13/2026 12:55:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, <a href="mailto:robertdhogan@gmail.com" target="_blank">robertdhogan@gmail.com</a> writes:
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<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I'd like to be informed or reminded of where the frame's weak point(s) are.  </div>
<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">A search of the Tigers United articles had no result.</div>
<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">What are the reinforcement plates from Ken Wilcox?  </div>
<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">The only frame weak point I'm aware of is the front mounts of the leaf springs that I've found needed repair for cracking.</div>
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