Anaconda said:

Carefully inspect the rear chassis legs all the way up to where the trailing arms attach to the chassis before making a decision. Use a pointy thing as part of your decision making.
I repaired the same area on my son's Ninety a couple of years ago maybe.
It now needs a new chassis, although I am still welding to give him some time to save up.
You are very lucky if that's all it needs.

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Dippypud said:

A light tapping stick helps, when the 'ring' changes you know there's a hole/thin bit somewhere near ....

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s8ndst0rm said:

Thought I’d sand down a couple of spots to give the rear a lick of paint and uncovered a rust collection. Bugger.

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scott3933 said:

Oh no! Mine had a couple of small bits in the same places, seems like a common place to start rusting through.

For me it went from investigating why there was a circular plate screwed onto the crossmember, to cutting some holes, buying a new welder and then welding in 3 patches!

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s8ndst0rm said:

Thought I’d sand down a couple of spots to give the rear a lick of paint and uncovered a rust collection. Bugger.

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Anaconda said:

I bought a welder especially to do the same job. Ok it cost about £500 or so but cheaper than paying for welding.

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scott3933 said:

I went for the cheap option, only about £300! I got one of those chinese made Static arc MIGs and bit the bullet and got a proper gas bottle to go with as I knew I needed to go gas really. But it totally paid for itself just for this one job so definitely worth it, and now I can weld up my doors next

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