With the inspection plate off, showing the flat stock welded at end of inspection plate. I noticed a significant increase in rigidity of the loader after the repair.
The only problems I have had so far is the holes cut in the angle iron are not in perfect line with the original holes in the brace. So when I went to put the inspection plate back on, two bolt stripped their threads and I was not able to put them back in.
I am submitting the pictures to Kioti to see their response about this fix.