Hi all,
I have a Cat C Defender 90 that when looking down the side is definitely ready for NASCAR going round a left handed track! You can feel a small ripple on each side of the chassis in-between front outrigger and front wheel.... and can see looking from rear to front down the side of the truck there is a definite but slight bow.
Wanted to gauge peoples opinion and if any one has any experience with straightening a defender chassis... or should I just bite the bullet and have a galvanised chassis fitted? Its a pretty clean 300tdi, rear cross member isn't too healthy so will probably also need changing at some point too, which helps encourage me to new chassis.
However if I do go down the chassis straightening route I take it it will be a lot cheaper, but is it effective? Is the chassis permanently weakened and does straightening a chassis always work? I can get the chassis bought, shipped and fitted for £2K.
Opinions and thoughts would be useful.
Thanks very much.
I have a Cat C Defender 90 that when looking down the side is definitely ready for NASCAR going round a left handed track! You can feel a small ripple on each side of the chassis in-between front outrigger and front wheel.... and can see looking from rear to front down the side of the truck there is a definite but slight bow.
Wanted to gauge peoples opinion and if any one has any experience with straightening a defender chassis... or should I just bite the bullet and have a galvanised chassis fitted? Its a pretty clean 300tdi, rear cross member isn't too healthy so will probably also need changing at some point too, which helps encourage me to new chassis.
However if I do go down the chassis straightening route I take it it will be a lot cheaper, but is it effective? Is the chassis permanently weakened and does straightening a chassis always work? I can get the chassis bought, shipped and fitted for £2K.
Opinions and thoughts would be useful.
Thanks very much.
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