marky_g

right im TRYING to weld the rear chasis rails on my s2 rst







how's the best way to go about this for the MOT

tryed plating it but theres too much rust and cant get and earth to the floor

anyone done this before rely need help and where's the best place to pick yp an earth

mercury grey minter

You can buy NON GENUINE chassis rails for £30 each.Then just cut out section that,s rusty and weld in new section.Done this on mine.Now mint.FORD only stock the left hand side and there £79.

If you insist on repairing these,then the best way to get a good EARTH is grind a good bit of the chassis rail to expose BARE METAL and atatch to that.


Mine now looks like this.

marky_g

i ground down the towing eye and used that but is it better to do it o the rail

yer i found a place that dose them

was it hard to do?? how do u cut them off???

do u have a link for where u got urs from

marky_g

thats where's rotted through on mine can u just buy that bit

mercury grey minter

You need to grind down the top of the rails ,where it joins the floor.This will expose the SPOT WELDS.You need to drill these out with a spot weld drill.They are spaced about 2 inches apart so you won,t need to drill many.Then grind down ,across then up to the other side.Do the same about 12 inches apart and remove your rotten section.

Tools you will need are.

1.GRINDER
2.HAMMER AND CHISIL
3.DRILL AND SPOT WELD DRILL.

If your just repairing,not replacing the chassis rail,don,t drill out the spot welds,just cut a rectangle section of rot out.Don,t cut all the way up to where it joins the floor.

HOPE THIS HELPS.

smitsturbo

im sure you can get chassis rails from here, www.internetautospares.co.uk

hop it goes well mate

SafeChav

Defo worth cutting that out mate thats fucked!

Chop ALL the rot out - there is no other way, weld in a new section and paint it VERYYYYY well, and FILL the inside full of as much waxoyl as you possibly can, and you shouldnt have a problem again

shane

Strip them off and replace the full rail,As i can guarantee the rest off the rail will be rotting from the inside out and it wont be long before your trying to repair the rest of it!

Its what i did, MINT JOB!

SafeChav

Fuck me where you been stranger

Have you tried that loom i did for ya yet?

shane

Not yet mate,i aint been on much for a while! just got a slam panel and a respray then its ready to put back together...been busy workin and savin for my first house so im gonna be busy with that for a while! Have been considering breaking it but i would really like to see it finished!

SafeChav

Stick with it mate, you've been putting the hours in and saving lots of cash in doing so, you deserve to see it on the road

Make sure everything gets painted, unpainted areas obviously rust, and anything you cant get the spray gun paint by hand and/or plaster it in waxoyl (i hate rust )

marky_g

sorted now made a new chasis tail from sheet and fitted it in just cut the old 1 out didnt have any waxoyl tho.....but the gear box let go on the way home

SafeChav

Next on your shopping list then, a rather large barrel of waxoyl and a new gearbox

marky_g

gear box sorted painted it today look at my thread to see it and got a mega large tin of bitumen