You also need to make sure it's super clean, not just a light dusting.
If you get it dipped you don't need to get it blasted as it will remove everything blasting will AND MORE
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But there might then be further damage appear that you couldn't see prior to the dipping. I agree though that if you have a decentish chassis it would be nice to save it.
You could always sell the existing chassis to help fund the cost of a shiny galvanised one. I like the thought of not having to worry about the tinworm, and a rebuild on a new chassis is much cleaner work.
I did pick a set of alloys up over the weekend for very little and knew someone else who has a new set of tyres for sale - BFG's - Turns out the tyres were 285's so these got turned down as I thought they were way too large for the vehicle - I actually saw them and even a 110 would have looked stupid on them!
Not nececerily, galv needs clean rust free steel to chemicly adhere to. Acid does remove rust if left in long enough but doesn't remove grease oil and paint, OK you can dip twice, this burns off the oil etc but then need re dipping in the acid to remove any galv first time round.
Galv plants arnt really keen to do this as it is time consuming and ****s up both galv bath and acid.
All planst will pickle in acid before dipping.
What parts will you be wanting blasting aaron?
Pretty much the same as you really bud, axles, radius arms, trailing arms, a-frame arms, bulkhead, cappings, inner wings and just general brackets.
Could you be of any assistance
Im sure we can work something out, i'll send you a private message tomorrow evening so I can find some free time to do them for you
Loving this rebuild thred, I was given a price of £380+ the dreded for having my chassis galvanised by wedge in Liverpool.
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Another issue with doing galvanising yourself is that you are responsible for the issues. Warping chassis blocked drain so one side is heavier or just full of the galv. Blocked holes etc. Still it should we worth it.
My shiny Richard's Chassis has a few issues
Looks like the previous owners liked a bit of bodging,
Bodging is my pet hate,I mean what's the point I'd doesn't solve anything long term.
A bit worrying to think of the forces acting on a handful of washers, I'm surprised it worked - I would have expected the wheel to crack around them.
Drain plug was out, but forgot the fill plug, doh,.think I'll try the brute force and ignorance method,lol., nah iam gonna try some acid first and plasticine.
first dibs on the chassis if you decide to sell cocker
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