RodneyA
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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.
Check your Crossmember boys
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biggeeeee
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Looks like the end is all rotten!!!! 
bankz5152
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Id be more worried about the chassis! Mines solid had it off a couple months ago. Some light surface rust. Sanded and painded
RodneyA
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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
ebbadger
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copperslip the end plates before fitting, common corrosion spot and copperslip will prevent the chassis / x member contact rusting out
cheers steve
cheers steve
matthew2riches
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I've NEVER seen that before! Chassis, yes. Rear crossmember, yes! But gearbox crossmember?? Dread to think what your chassis is like
ebbadger
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I've NEVER seen that before! Chassis, yes. Rear crossmember, yes! But gearbox crossmember?? Dread to think what your chassis is like
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
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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
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The exhaust also traveles right above where it split, I thought that might have something to do with it also.
