Non repairable I assume?

 

Ouch... I dont know of anything that would fix that... I did the same thing to where the A/C studs are at... Thank goodness I dont have A/C

 

the seller just informed me that the tab part that broke is for the bracket to lift the engine with. I will still be filing an insurance claim... i hate shipping >

 

Would filing a claim mean they take the irons?

 

Not a biggie on the front iron. Be sure to spec that iron for step wear before using.

 

The flash on the camera makes the wear look alot worse than it really is. I've never filed a claim so I can't help you with that.

 

yeah, wear is next to nothing. Great product.

 

the way the wear looks it almost looks like one of those time elapsed photos .

 

Weldable. Iron is iron. take it to someone that knows what they're doing. I had the same little ear thing happen to my brand new rb intale manifold. had the alluminum welded and it's great now.

i've also seen someone weld the backplate cause it had a small hole. engine is still running.

 

i wouldnt even worry about it.

 

Same here. Engines with broken lifting tabs still run.

 

Not a problem, but if you really want it fixed... take it to a welding shop.... They weld cracked engine blocks, a tab is nothing!

 

^^^^bingo. i've seen far worse be welded and turn out just fine. a few years back we were using 364 nailhead motors out of 60's buicks in our drag cars and every now and again you'd see a split in the block and we'd take the block to our local machine shop and they'd take care of the problem by welding the block up nice. if it would make you feel better i'd take it in and get the tab welded on but as stated above its not really necessary.