Advice on pulling a bent/damaged frame gusset ...

[OxLibertySport]

Here goes - '04 Jeep Liberty, Copart fork truck got into the right rear frame gusset just beside the rear control arm mount (got into the control arm mount too). Damage is pictured. Don't really want to drill out the spots; I have a stud welder ... thinking of pulling the metal back out and back together enough to seam (MIG) weld it. As for the control arm ear, was thinking of simply banging that back out. Advice, or other ideas?

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[OxLibertySport]

A proper gusset looks like this ...

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[sota]

if it were me... I'd either get a replacement gusset and just stick it over the top of the old one and weld it in place, or find some metal/material of the right thickness and do the same.