I ran without that bracket for over ten years beating the he!! out of my drive train with 36" Swampers. I did snap my adapter during a head on 55 mph accident though. When I went to replace it I spoke to a shop that rebuilds t-cases and that's it. They told me the one I had was a weak version. It had a support bearing. They said to get the one without that bearing as the casting was much stronger. I have two now just in case. I have that strut but cannot use it as I have a crawl box. If any one wants it for shipping costs it's free! I will recycle my t-case frame brackets...
