front spring mounts welded?

[darksaga]

I have a 1968 gmc k25, I bought it 8 months ago and there has been a bit of modification to it, 78 front and rear axle 402 big block, th700, power steering ect....

well about a month ago I started geting a creaking/poping sound coming from the front end so I had someone turn the wheel while I looked at the area (front stearing area) and saw that the front spring perch on the drivers side was flexing. the drivers side was bolted but the passengers side has rivets, the sides of the
perches have been welded and I know its not a factory weld because its a goober weld. I tried to tighten the bolts but one snaped so I used a punch to get it out and replaed both bolts with grade 8 units

my question is can I weld the perch back to the frame and not have any problems? and are the bolts ok? Is there anyone who makes a brace for the stearing box frame area for this old of a truck?

thanks in advance