All I wanted to do was Paint the Rear Cross Member!

PAINT!











Pleased with how it cam out. A bit excessive for some MOT repairs, but that's how it goes. Hopefully it will last a few years now though.

Axles and suspension parts next I think!

thats a hench rear xmember lol, that will last longer than any other part on the chassis lol

flat said:

thats a hench rear xmember lol, that will last longer than any other part on the chassis lol

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Yeah it should take some abuse. Just using what I had available to me. Think I'll need to fit some HD rear springs though haha

Rear axle today. Feels good to be clear of the chassis and on to the bits that get bolted on!

Dan_Trials said:

Rear axle today. Feels good to be clear of the chassis and on to the bits that get bolted on!

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Wow

Thats seen some sea air hasnt it!

BIG_GINGA_BEARD said:

Wow

Thats seen some sea air hasnt it!

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Yes..... and sea water

All cleaned up, time to replace wire brushes




Good coat of rust converter on




All painted up




Bit of wear on one of the stub axles, think it might be ok do to another turn, will measure it with straight edge and feeler gauge if any one knows what the tolerances are?

I reckon the hub seals gunna proper leak

Jason2 said:

I reckon the hub seals gunna proper leak

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Yeah possibly, that;s not it cleaned up just wiped with a rag. Just sikaflex the seal on?

Not sure how far you are now but it would be nice to see some more of this fabrication work

Great job on building it back with patches over just slapping a new galvanized chassis under there

And as far as the stub axle where the seal land is, you could just speedi-sleeve it, I had great results with them in the past and have even done a power steering box with them too.

Great thread thanks for posting.

Love the progress pics

Thanks everyone for the encouragement!

Not been working on this one for a while but finally have some progress to show.

After getting the rear axle all painted up I turned to the bits that hold it on.

Out with the old bushes:




Wire brush, rust convert and paint:



New bushes to go in:



Trailing arm:



Other arms:



Axle in with trailing arms:



Waiting to fit:



Some parts I got for free, will allow me to finish fitting the rear axle:



Wire brushed ready for rust converter then paint:



Going to try crack on with it now and get it built up.

Dan_Trials said:

Going to try crack on with it now and get it built up.

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good man.

On other news, that grate would make quite a good welding/cutting table insert/top.

Hmmmm.......

flat said:

good man.

On other news, that grate would make quite a good welding/cutting table insert/top.

Hmmmm.......

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That is my small welding table yes, think you can see a few tacks in front of the turrets. Made it out of scrap I found in the yard.

awesome thread, just finished reading it all! keep up the good work.

IamRobbie said:

awesome thread, just finished reading it all! keep up the good work.

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Thanks a lot mate

Excellent! very tallented work! :clap2:

Dan_Trials said:

That is my small welding table yes, think you can see a few tacks in front of the turrets. Made it out of scrap I found in the yard.

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nice, will keep my eyes open for somehting suitable down the metal yard near me. Re-doing my garage workshop this year and could do with a proper welding surface rather than just doing it on the floor......

huddy229 said:

Excellent! very tallented work! :clap2:

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Thanks