Oh man, thank you so much for cataloging your work on this. I am about to undertake the same subframe support repair and thought I was losing my mind trying to get my existing cylinder to fit with the W&N replacement parts. Do the tabs for the upper and lower W&N plate sit flush with your cylinder sandwiched between? I'm not sure if they are supposed to be bent to fit, or if I'm doing something wrong.

8 hours ago, skylund said:

Do the tabs for the upper and lower W&N plate sit flush with your cylinder sandwiched between? I'm not sure if they are supposed to be bent to fit, or if I'm doing something wrong.

It's not perfect but pretty close.  You could definitely mig weld it though.  It's 16ga I think so a bit difficult to move with a small hammer.  If you put it on something solid in the orientation of A and tap on the top point it will open up a bit and fit better for welding.  Easier to do it that way that trying to hammer directly on that flange.

If I had to guess, I would say probably the lower "not quite 90deg" fold needs to be bent further from the manufacturer, but then all the measuring above would no longer work.

3 hours ago, nnywg said:

If I had to guess, I would say probably the lower "not quite 90deg" fold needs to be bent further from the manufacturer, but then all the measuring above would no longer work.

Thanks for the quick reply. Yeah this is consistent with what I'm seeing. I think I'll also need to bend the rearmost tab (running laterally) toward the upper plate to make contact. Thanks again.

You sir are a brave man.