you can mod that third member. buy adding more bolts to it. drill and tap more holes around it, and then put bolts in there to add strength. cause that is preety common to happen. and it sounds like you got lucky.
there could have been more broke. then there would have been damage to the third member. ![Idea :idea:](https://board.marlincrawler.com/Smileys/marlin/idea.gif)
ya I was thinkin about that. I got the trail gear stud upgrade kit I'm hopin those solve my problem. This s like thethird time I have broke those 1 or two lower studs. I just asked TG what grade the studs are and he said they are grade 10.2 so I'm thinkin that oughta be plenty strong. If not I'll have my old studs in the tool box incase it ever happens again (knock on wood)
![Cool Guy :cool:](https://board.marlincrawler.com/Smileys/marlin/cool2.gif)