chassis leg rear

[spear_]

what thickness of steel should i use to rebuild a rear chassis leg

[Nobby]

depends how bad it is?

[paul james]

I'd say 2mm

[meritlover]

I'd say 2mm

im pretty sure that's just a wild guess.

[paul james]

im pretty sure that's just a wild guess.

well I'm pretty sure thats what I've repaired them with before. Feel welcome to give a more authorative answer if you like though :P

[L14MNP]

I thought you Nova folk just sent them over the bridge when they get a little frilly. lol

[Southie]

I thought you Nova folk just sent them over the bridge when they get a little frilly. lol

http://i1.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/-1/draft_lens10640151module96892991photo_1271979389fu nny-food-cartoon-can-of

[L14MNP]

http://ktismatics.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/ouroboros.jpg

[meritlover]

2mm is too thick. 1-1.5 is adequate, anything thicker and its a pig to work with especially to cut and form.

[L14MNP]

2mm is too thick. 1-1.5 is adequate, anything thicker and its a pig to work with especially to cut and form.

In this country we have more than hand tools at our disposal my friend. :)

[bazil]

Depends if there is anything to weld to I suppose lol

http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy181/Bazil_2468/gsi/6ca728a8.jpg

[Jeff16v]

^^^^oops, lol

[pie]

that's just a new drainage hole bazil :thumb:

[meritlover]

Depends if there is anything to weld to I suppose lol

http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy181/Bazil_2468/gsi/6ca728a8.jpg

that looks fine

[meritlover]

In this country we have more than hand tools at our disposal my friend. :)

im sure you do, but just because you have a steam hammer in your workshop it doesn't mean that its sensible to make them out of 4" solid forged lumps of MS

[Southie]

Bazil I thought your black nova was in good condition lol

Re: the steel, what thickness are the rear legs in the first place... before the rot?

[Jon_nova1]

1MM for structural you can go 0.5 for panels....douchebags lol :p

[meritlover]

mine were 1.25

[meritlover]

1MM for structural you can go 0.5 for panels....douchebags lol :p
ye thats what i go for.

if you're on a budget, take some tinsnips to an old roof panel. Its a pain cleaning it up before you weld but its a good cheap source of flat clean metal.

[Spudly]

Depends if there is anything to weld to I suppose lol

http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy181/Bazil_2468/gsi/6ca728a8.jpg





Thats nowt, my cav SRi was worse than that, and i bought it with a full mot :eek:

[Jeff16v]

Thats nowt, my cav SRi was worse than that, and i bought it with a full mot :eek:


Mail order mot was it, lol

[meritlover]

there's a difference between 'full MOT' and 'fool MOT'


lol

[pie]

Thats nowt, my cav SRi was worse than that, and i bought it with a full mot :eek:


pics needed mr spudly

[Andy]

In all fairness it was just seam sealered to death then painted.
You couldnt see the rust til you poked around so the tester wouldnt have had any cause for concern regarding rust in the areas it was abysmal lol

[raf24]

http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad166/bigraf24/2BA640EC-F4BD-4100-9B3A-91D2CEECC54E-1242-00000085BCAE61D4.jpg
http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad166/bigraf24/ED898082-BDAF-4E72-9A8C-9933B13C06EC-1242-00000085ED5114C7.jpg


I thought mine was bad,i reckon bazil's beats mine :eek:

[Southie]

Spuds GSI Cav had about 5 sills welded over each other iirc lol

[pie]

pikey ****ers f lol lol lol lol

[Spudly]

pics needed mr spudly




Strut top anyone, oh no, it hasnt got one....


That hole was filled with seam sealer painted grey, you can see the rest of it running behind the strut/inner wing, it was cracked all the way along and smeared over with sealer and painted:eek:



http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Nova%20Antibes/IMG-20110401-00094.jpg


There was about ten months mot left on that car when i stripped it!




Andy, it was a bent mot, i was told by Rob the night i bought it, if it says a certain name on the mot slip then its a backhander, and oh look, theres the name he mentioned!




And as Southie said, it had four sills welded over each other on the drivers side as me and porter found out when we fitted the lowering springs and put a trolley jack through the sill/floorpan at the drivers side rear!

[Southie]

ShÃ*t the bed that's shocking, pardon the pun lol

[pie]

not good spud

but all is good as it was a hatchback iirc f lol lol lol

[Spudly]

Oh and does anyone want a boot floor, oh hang on cant give you one of those either, ive not got one...


http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cav%20SRi/04122010464.jpg


And wheres the dogleg gone off me arch then, oh look thats seam sealered and painted grey too..

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cav%20SRi/16012011589.jpg

A pillar rot..?

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Nova%20Antibes/DSC_0392.jpg

[pie]

crazy how they rot in strange places lol

[Spudly]

But you wouldnt have thought that had 'passed' an mot about two months prior to that would you:eek:

[Southie]

Did you report the mot station? I would of.

[Novasport]

My chassis legs are like new. Oh, they are lol

Some measurements ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/NovaSport/20130205_220949_zps7edec8cc.jpg

The main leg metal...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/NovaSport/20130205_221007_zps71424929.jpg

The axle mount metal...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/NovaSport/20130205_221222_zps9f6f84e6.jpg

[Spudly]

Did you report the mot station? I would of.




I did ponder that, and i posted in my build thread about it, but as Lewis pointed out, the car wouldve had to have gone back to the place in scunny that tested it, so that vosa could come and retest it/them, as the engine was out by the time i posted the pics, there wasnt much point as they couldnt/wouldnt do anything about it!

Im just glad that i had the sense to buy it/break it, and it didnt end up someones family car or worse still, end up in a crash, it wouldnt have performed at all well:eek:

[burgo]

Im pretty certain ive read that chassis legs front and back are 1.6mm

[meritlover]

My chassis legs are like new. Oh, they are lol

Some measurements ;)


:thumb:

[L14MNP]

Did you report the mot station? I would of.

Wait until I put my car in first! lol

[Balley]

All 2mm, welded lovely, extremely strong and bend okay and even better once you start welding!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/392271_10150380653558775_2081908315_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/382173_10150380855288775_1531296871_n.jpg

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https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/390819_10150382504133775_644883314_n.jpg

[Rickyb]

I was going to say ide use 2mm is if it gets hit up the **** it wants to be strong etc

[Novasport]

You dont want it too thick as energy from a rear end shunt will transfer to the next available weak point, the floor! I would rather the boot floor and rear section of the legs crumple and absorb any impact.