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Completed Trailing Arms.
Adam:
Thanks all for the replies-
Cam, ive seen pics of your rack and pinion before and its BRILLIANT! It's on my list of things to do- but quite far down at the moment.
Here's a pic of some dodgy welding, it speaks for itself I spose. Note the bits that are melted through!
Cameron 77C3:
Hmmm. Looks like a repair but not sure. Don't remember seeing blow through holes like that on mine.
I would not be to concerned. A good welder or body repair guy should be able to fix any bad welds or cracks. Metal fatigue is something you have to expect on our cars at their age.
VET-005:
A quick way to clean up your welds and spatter without compromising there structural integrity is to go down to the hardware store and buy a FLAP disk which fits on the end of a grinder. Make sure you get the fine paper grade as this will pollish the areas and not taker off much metal accept the dags and will not put grinding marks in your chassis. Have been using them for years they are an awsom invention.
Regards,
VET-005
Brutus:
I agree with you Adam. They're not rewelds, but purely badly done originals.
If anyone wants to see a perfect example of GM factory welds and splatter then just check out your rear trailing arms!
To coin a phrase I once heard on a well known English TV car show....."it looks likes it was put together by Gibbons who had access to welding equipment!"
It took me a while to remedy this situation, but I fully seam welded and smoothed these "factory" welds when I rebuilt my rear suspension a while back. I can provide pics if anyone is interested.
Cameron 77C3:
--- Quote ---Originally posted by Brutus
I agree with you Adam. They're not rewelds, but purely badly done originals.
If anyone wants to see a perfect example of GM factory welds and splatter then just check out your rear trailing arms!
To coin a phrase I once heard on a well known English TV car show....."it looks likes it was put together by Gibbons who had access to welding equipment!"
It took me a while to remedy this situation, but I fully seam welded and smoothed these "factory" welds when I rebuilt my rear suspension a while back. I can provide pics if anyone is interested.
--- End quote ---
YES PLEASE. {hows you black beast going Brutus?}
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