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Originally Posted by hummer_metal
Why did they make those brackets so thin? Engineers...
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No.. Not the Engineers.. It was the bean counters that knew by using a thinner metal they could save maybe $10 per truck.. That adds up and since the H3 is truely only a light duty truck, not a HEAVY DUTY rig, chances are there are only a very few folks such as the folks here that would EVER have problems with it..
It's the same reason they went with a 7.5 aluminum front diff rather than a 8 cast iron and only 26 (or is it 27) spline gears rather than 32's..
The cost savings vs the few problems (that someone else is fixing on their dime) is just to great to overlook..
They cut $10 here and $12 there and they can get the sticker price below the $30K mark ($29,999) the make more short cuts they take and thinner lighter materials they use the more profit they can get out of that same $29,999 sticker...