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Repairing aluminium tray
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:06 am
by norty40
I went 4bying the other day and left my rear ladder rack on because I was just to lazy to take it off. The end result was that I hooked it on a tree and it bent backwards, ripping the corner of my tray. Its only pushed the bit of the tray down and luckily enough it is only on one of the aluminium strips. My question is then, where can you get replacement strips of aluminium as it would only need the damaged one to be taken out and replaced.
Cheers in advance
Re: Repairing aluminium tray
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:58 pm
by norty40
should have mentioned I'm in Rockhampton
Re: Repairing aluminium tray
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:07 pm
by RUFF
What brand is the tray?
I have in the past bought other damaged trays from wreckers very cheap to get panels from them to repair others (some wreckers will sell you seperate panels if they have a damaged tray and you pull it out yourself). Biggest PITA is if its a Tripple M tray they come appart from the headboard not the tailight end. So to replace the end panel you need to remove all of the panels.
Re: Repairing aluminium tray
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:44 pm
by toaddog
Post up a pic please
Re: Repairing aluminium tray
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:53 pm
by Tomo_89
hey mate.. i have a couple of panels off my old alloy tray.. can you post up a pic of what yours look like and ill let you know if mine are the same.. i can get a pic of mine on the weekend if you want.
Re: Repairing aluminium tray
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 7:04 pm
by norty40
Tomo_89 wrote:hey mate.. i have a couple of panels off my old alloy tray.. can you post up a pic of what yours look like and ill let you know if mine are the same.. i can get a pic of mine on the weekend if you want.
Righto then. I'll take a photo of it tomorrow when I find the camera.
Re: Repairing aluminium tray
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:11 am
by norty40
Right, so that's the damage that was done. Luckily it's only on one strip. It's not the best shot but that trying to shoot down between some stuff in the tray. It has probably bent down 5mm or so.
Re: Repairing aluminium tray
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:30 pm
by RUFF
A shot of the entire tray would be better. Cant tell who its made by in that pic.
Re: Repairing aluminium tray
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 10:04 am
by norty40
The camera finally died so I'll have to borrow the old man's when I see him in a few days but I found a sticker on it for Bocar in Sydney.
Re: Repairing aluminium tray
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:13 am
by bazzle
Can you just put a plate over it?
Bazzle
Re: Repairing aluminium tray
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:19 pm
by norty40
I don't really want to put a plate over it as it is where I mount my rear ladder rack, meaning that it will be on a lean, although not a very big one. Plus we tried to bend it back up into shape and because of the tear on it, I won't.
Re: Repairing aluminium tray
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:31 pm
by Tomo_89
mate if you find out who made it or you can give me some meausrements of the panel im in back and forth between mackay and rocky every week so if its the right one i can bring it down for you. next time im in mackay i'll find out what make mine is
Re: Repairing aluminium tray
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 5:23 pm
by norty40
Tomo_89 wrote:mate if you find out who made it or you can give me some meausrements of the panel im in back and forth between mackay and rocky every week so if its the right one i can bring it down for you. next time im in mackay i'll find out what make mine is
It's made by Bocar but they don't make any parts for it any more. From what I can tell, the panel is 1840 x 175mm.
Re: Repairing aluminium tray
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 9:59 pm
by Tomo_89
sorry mate mines a bit different
Re: Repairing aluminium tray
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:40 am
by DUDELUX
I have some spare panels for my alloy tray, from when I took a couple out to shorten the tray, Ill have a look today and measure them up, and Ill let you know.
But, Im in NSW.
Re: Repairing aluminium tray
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 7:33 pm
by bj on roids
Dude, get a local welder to just patch it up, bash it flat and run a bead over it. Easy as!
Re: Repairing aluminium tray
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 10:22 am
by bazzle
bj on roids wrote:Dude, get a local welder to just patch it up, bash it flat and run a bead over it. Easy as!
Yes