That's not a flap bar... is it?

This is a picture of the rear near side of my 1997 110 300TDi. In the absence of any other rear near side pictures in Google, or any mention of it in the increasingly useless Haynes manual, I'm guessing that the flat bar running at 45 degrees down from the bottom of my tub to the bottom of the rear wing is a supporting/strengthening strut, and that the bar that the rear mud flap should be attached to has fallen off somewhere. Along with the mud flap.

Before I go attaching another bar for the mud flap, I haven't got this badly wrong have I?

Ta.

that is a support ,mudflap bar goes from chassis to rear wing horizontally not on pic

No pictures but my bracket is fixed horizontaly half way along the rear wing behind the wheel(obviuosly) from the chassis to the wing behind the strut.

Cheers

Although thinking about it, attaching me flap to that strut might make it more effective at keeping mud out.

Rear flap is only good for stopping mud spray on following cars, trying to rig up a flap on the strut seems like a lot of grief for no reward.

Good point. Could also be a kick in the danglies if it gets caught on the rear wheel, rips off and takes the strut with it. And then bends the rear wing in.

Shredding the tread off a blown tyre at 60 mph gets rid of the strut quite well too ......, but I think having strut and mud flap in place (on its own horizontal bar) looks better and does save the crud from the bod behind. A

New bar is the way to go.

If anyone can send me a picture of theirs and where it is I'd be very grateful, I can't believe that I can't find any on the whole Googleverse.

Thanks in advance

I made rubber arch liners for the rear end .....

it has saved the rear x member i fitted from being destroyed,im very pleased....

The standard mud flap brackets bolt to the rear cross member and help it to rust as they trap dirt and water. My advice is to loose them and if the **** behind is getting spray from the wheels he should leave a bit more space when following.

I rarely get tailgated in the rain mainly because I dont have mud flaps fitted.

As for mud flaps helping to stop the crossmember rotting - get one of Pressbrake's fitted and give it flush with the hose now and then. It will out last the rest of the motor.

The Ferkin BoB said:

I made rubber arch liners for the rear end .....

it has saved the rear x member i fitted from being destroyed,im very pleased....

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That's an interesting thought; what did you make them out of, half tractor tyres?

chiefweasel said:

That's an interesting thought; what did you make them out of, half tractor tyres?

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rubber door mats,some wet pics but i basically joined the body and rear mudflap with a flap so the flaps were covering the rear x member from stone damage...no articulation lost and all in about 10 british pounds for rubber door mats...

i rerouted the eggzoorst so also to avoid damage ,fitting a heat protection plate between that and the rubber that shields the xmember....

its under the mud lol....

Shifty1962 said:

The standard mud flap brackets bolt to the rear cross member and help it to rust as they trap dirt and water. My advice is to loose them and if the **** behind is getting spray from the wheels he should leave a bit more space when following.

I rarely get tailgated in the rain mainly because I dont have mud flaps fitted.

As for mud flaps helping to stop the crossmember rotting - get one of Pressbrake's fitted and give it flush with the hose now and then. It will out last the rest of the motor.

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For those of you who have eagle eyes the pics in my siggy were taken shortly before the mud flaps fell off (due to rust) and long before the rear cross member was replaced.

Shifty1962 said:

For those of you who have eagle eyes the pics in my siggy were taken shortly before the mud flaps fell off (due to rust) and long before the rear cross member was replaced.

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so is it shiftrust1962...?

Shifty1962 said:

The standard mud flap brackets bolt to the rear cross member and help it to rust as they trap dirt and water.

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I can see how they'd they bolt onto the x-member on the 90, but not on me barge-like 110?

This is as good a photo as I could find if anyone's interested, courtesy of autotrader (apologies if this is anyone's on here!)



Facing it from the back it looks like it goes in order:
x member
exhaust
flap bracket
reams of mud and cow crap
strut
rear wheel

you need these to hang rear flaps off..

Aha, I was being thrown by what I have on the driver side at the rear which is just item number 2 from the below.

chiefweasel said:

Aha, I was being thrown by what I have on the driver side at the rear which is just item number 2 from the below.

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a ha ,

i think its item no 13 you need.did you get the part number?