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Chassis cracked
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:16 pm
by Mad Cruiser
My 80 series Landcruiser has a few cracks where the front left coil mountss are on chassis is bending the mounts outwards.
Now i'm considering of getting both mounts and shocks remade with a stronger material this time also getting the cracks welded up.
Any advice ?
And last of all does anyone know a good chassis welding place ?
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:39 pm
by Screwy
Go to your local engineering workshop. I had a crack in front of the drivers spring shackle on my old hilux and they did a good job, unfotunatly it cost me $300 just for the weld and took one guy almost all day.....
Screwy
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 10:54 pm
by dumbdunce
any smash repairer that repairs 4WDs will do it. you might even be able to get your insurance company to pay for it if you word your claim along the lines of 'I swerved to miss a kangaroo and hit a huge pothole at high speed and that's what started the cracks in the spring perch...'
check around your steering box too.
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 7:22 am
by Screwy
yeah steering box is a common one. I have known GQ's to crack there. Hilux's usually around the front spring mounts on the chassis ( shackle or eye mounts )
Screwy
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 8:51 am
by Daisy
Screwy_ScrewBall wrote:Go to your local engineering workshop. I had a crack in front of the drivers spring shackle on my old hilux and they did a good job, unfotunatly it cost me $300 just for the weld and took one guy almost all day.....
Screwy
Exactly what i told him
Tom
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 11:23 am
by V8Patrol
Screwy_ScrewBall wrote:Go to your local engineering workshop. I had a crack in front of the drivers spring shackle on my old hilux and they did a good job, unfotunatly it cost me $300 just for the weld and took one guy almost all day.....
Screwy
Thats CHEAP !!!!! trust me
