Rear body crossmember fitting on or off chassis

tes

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• Nov 19, 2014

• #1

Can anybody give advise on fitting a rear body crossmember I have body off the chassis at the moment. The thought is will it be difficult to line it back up

 

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tomcat59alan

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• Nov 19, 2014

• #2

Did one once with the body on, not a problem with the boot floor removed

 

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pete1987RRC

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• Nov 20, 2014

• #3

On chassis, get the alignment correct

 

dunkan

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• Nov 20, 2014

• #4

On the chassis is the way to go

 

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Bladerunner919

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• Nov 20, 2014

• #5

I have only done it when the body is on the chassis, but it is a bit of a pain to get it into place. I agree that doing it on the chassis is best for alignment purposes, so if you have the option, I'd suggest that you take advantage of the body being off the chassis and actually do it by clamping the crossmember onto the body, then lowering it into place on the chassis before welding it into place. That gives you the advantage of plenty of space to manoeuvre the crossmember into place.