RodneyA

Active Member

• Mar 13, 2014

• #1

No matter what your doing, whether your in the shower or in the bath, it just takes a minute to check your crossmember or you'll end up with one like mine.

 

biggeeeee

Retired - Living the dream

• Mar 13, 2014

• #2

Looks like the end is all rotten!!!!

 

MaxyMan

Well-Known Member

• Mar 13, 2014

• #3

Have you checked the rest of your chassis lol?

 

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bankz5152

Well-Known Member

• Mar 13, 2014

• #4

Id be more worried about the chassis! Mines solid had it off a couple months ago. Some light surface rust. Sanded and painded

 

RodneyA

Active Member

• Mar 13, 2014

• #5

Surprisingly enough my chassis is in good nick, got lot's of surface rust on it tho but no holes as of yet. It's one thing I intend to do in the next few years is to replace the chassis

 

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ebbadger

Well-Known Member

• Mar 14, 2014

• #6

copperslip the end plates before fitting, common corrosion spot and copperslip will prevent the chassis / x member contact rusting out

cheers steve

 

matthew2riches

New Member

• Mar 14, 2014

• #7

I've NEVER seen that before! Chassis, yes. Rear crossmember, yes! But gearbox crossmember?? Dread to think what your chassis is like

 

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ebbadger

Well-Known Member

• Mar 14, 2014

• #8

matthew2riches said:

I've NEVER seen that before! Chassis, yes. Rear crossmember, yes! But gearbox crossmember?? Dread to think what your chassis is like

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seen it several times... gearbox cross member has two flat plates that are perfect traps for water, seen so many good chassis completely rotten in the area when the cross member is removed.... really crap design.... and so simple to solve... rust treat, paint, waxoyl n finally copper grease n it'll never re-occur..

cheers steve

 

Pikey

Dummy Ejection Facilitator..

• Mar 14, 2014

• #9

ebbadger said:

seen it several times... gearbox cross member has two flat plates that are perfect traps for water, seen so many good chassis completely rotten in the area when the cross member is removed.... really crap design.... and so simple to solve... rust treat, paint, waxoyl n finally copper grease n it'll never re-occur..

cheers steve

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There is some pics of mine in exact same position. took gearbox out to do clutch. & Me & BB spent rest of weekend welding the fooker back up. Hole was bigger than the crossmember plates by the time We'd got back to good metal.

 

RodneyA

Active Member

• Mar 14, 2014

• #10

The exhaust also traveles right above where it split, I thought that might have something to do with it also.

 

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gisexer

Member

• Mar 15, 2014

• #11

Check the a frame crossmember aswell, mine was corroded and snapped clean off at kirton last month