Driving in some rough terrain the other day i had a little accident. I drove off of a 2ft. foundation of which the rest of the building had been removed. No damage was done to the truck that i could see at the time, but i noticed my alignment was off a little bit. When i got home i noticed i had a little damage to the underside of what i believe to be the crossmember of my truck. The truck is a 2008 4.6 4WD STX. Here are a few pictures of what i am talking about...



Does anyone know where i can get an OEM replacement for this part?

 

im not totally sure but that looks like a cross member that is part of the frame.....in the second picture what does the bolt connect to? is that the lower control arm?

 

so you don't wanna go to your local ford dealership and ask them if i understood right? you could try your local offroad store or garage?

 

The "crossmember" bolts to the lower control arms on both sides. Its definitely not a fixed part of the frame. I went to the ford dealership and the parts guy seemed stumped. He couldn't find anything in the parts system except an entire front clip which cost $2000.

 

Local salvage/junk/bone yard.

 

No junkyard anywhere near me has any cars that new. You usually only find trash cars here in junkyards. Although this would probably be the cheapest option for me. If you have any junkyards near you i would be willing to pay you to go and unbolt the part and mail it to me.

 

try a machine shop looks like someone could fab that pretty easily

 

there are hundreds of junk yards online and most of them have an up to date inventory section and they'll ship the part to your door

 

There you go

 

Hope you didn't tweek your frame... just putting a dent in the cross member would not throw your alignment out I wouldn't think.