Front shaft clearance ,

[Dozoor]

Just wondering in this pic there is an ugly front shaft , Has anybody done anything here to to give some clearance, Im thinking on using a piece of square tube and cuting it in on a slope if you get what i mean , any one ?

[DaveS3]

Series rovers have the same problem...

All i have seen done to help this on a Series was to cut a trianglular secion out of the top of the crossmember and weld in to pieces of flat plate to create clearance.

There was a topic in the Nissan section on a similar problem..

Sorry no time to search!

Dave

[modman]

you can cut a piece of 150 mm pipe in half and use this bit to form a scollop on the inside of the crossmember.
of make a knew crossmember.
david

[Dozoor]

sounds the go ,i have some 5" acid pipe , might use this . Its a pretty chunky cross member so there must be some forces from the front suspension working there, .

[Drewfus]

We did similar on our project, cut a section of 150x100x5 RHS cut 100 long, trimmed off one of the large sides, and after cutting in a large recess as appropriate, dropped in the remaining u shape, trimmed to suit and welded.

Admittantly, not much left of the original c/member where the shaft goes through.......

Trust you understand what I mean, your 5" pipe should do the same trick.