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Please understand that you, I and a few others on here understand the metalurgy involved, but most don't, and doing things like overheating, underheating, using the wrong flame adjustment, quenching, not normalizing, can all lead to an accident going to happen.
Since the needed part for our trucks is available I would rather recommend on the conservative side for the sake of safety. IMHO Modifications to the steering, brake systems is life determining and should not be home brewed unless you are very educated and skilled in the system. I have that knowledge and skills, but I still bought my Toy box mount and pitman arm.