Chris74#
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I went and picked up some spares at the weekend!!

The wife was not impressed when I cam back with this lot!


I told her that you never know when you might need a piece of scrap metal! I didn't have the heart to let the fella just weigh them in!
Anyway, back to the rust removal!
I got into the rear arms again. I took the advice from the forum and cut things back to reveal the extent of the rust, which wasn't as bad as I thought it would be!


I got the wire brush on it to see how bad it really is!



I then welded it in, once I was happy with the fit.

As I was welding this piece in, I noticed a small hole that appeared, so I got the wire brush on the area and it just flaked apart! will this rust ever end?

You can just see the hole inside of the cross member! gonna have to cut the member out to get to the rust! I got some tape and marked where I am going to cut! I got the heavier wire brush on the grinder and exposed more peppering!




You can see where the rust converter has seeped through the pin holes in the metal!


The member section is in pretty bad shape where it connects to the outrigger!

I decided to have a go at repairing it! and made some patches!


I then welded them together!


I then made a replacement for the piece I cut off and gave it all a good going over with the wire brush! and then tried it on for one last fitting before spraying the inside with etch primer.



I got the piece that I made and painted earlier for the sidewall section of the outrigger and got that welded in place.


I then ground all the welds down, test fitted it and drilled the plug weld holes.


I then gave the area a spray of etch primer!

Then on to re-fitting the piece I cut out earlier!!


Got it welded in and ground down, then dropped some etch primer on it for now!



Thanks for your advice guys, I think it turned out ok! Just got to finish the other piece that I cut off and that should be this side finished! Luckily the other side looks ok!
Thanks for reading!

The wife was not impressed when I cam back with this lot!



I told her that you never know when you might need a piece of scrap metal! I didn't have the heart to let the fella just weigh them in!
Anyway, back to the rust removal!
I got into the rear arms again. I took the advice from the forum and cut things back to reveal the extent of the rust, which wasn't as bad as I thought it would be!


I got the wire brush on it to see how bad it really is!



I then welded it in, once I was happy with the fit.

As I was welding this piece in, I noticed a small hole that appeared, so I got the wire brush on the area and it just flaked apart! will this rust ever end?

You can just see the hole inside of the cross member! gonna have to cut the member out to get to the rust! I got some tape and marked where I am going to cut! I got the heavier wire brush on the grinder and exposed more peppering!




You can see where the rust converter has seeped through the pin holes in the metal!


The member section is in pretty bad shape where it connects to the outrigger!

I decided to have a go at repairing it! and made some patches!


I then welded them together!


I then made a replacement for the piece I cut off and gave it all a good going over with the wire brush! and then tried it on for one last fitting before spraying the inside with etch primer.



I got the piece that I made and painted earlier for the sidewall section of the outrigger and got that welded in place.


I then ground all the welds down, test fitted it and drilled the plug weld holes.


I then gave the area a spray of etch primer!

Then on to re-fitting the piece I cut out earlier!!


Got it welded in and ground down, then dropped some etch primer on it for now!



Thanks for your advice guys, I think it turned out ok! Just got to finish the other piece that I cut off and that should be this side finished! Luckily the other side looks ok!
Thanks for reading!
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