Take the mount off, v grind the crack and weld it. If you do it well, only need to weld the one side. I suggest adding a plate to the inside of the frame for added support. Or at least a flat bar between those to bolts where it cracked. Don't need to weld it in. Just use the bolts and sandwich the frame.
A spacer plate instead of those washers might help too.
This is an area of frame breakage I posted about a few months back. (And got called crazy and paranoid.) I've seen like 3 or 4, 982's broke there. (No power steering.) I think all those holes together make a weak spot on the frame. I've only seen the 9'S break there. This is the first tractor break there that had ps that I've seen/head of.
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