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Cross member corner repair
This must be the most botched piece of an imp that I know of other than sills
I have seen silicon, fibreglass, even patch pieces welded to the crear cross member ! as no-one ever wants to drop all the back end to do it right.
Overall this took me about 4 hours today, from cutting out, cleaning, making the patch peices.
There seems to be a train of thought that the welding is the problem, it is not. The welding itself was only say 10 minutes tops
It is all cut, shape, prepare, make it the best fit you can. Nothing you can do with the welding torch can ever make up for a badly fitting patch piece
I think Malcolm Anderson used to make heavy duty replacement parts for these areas as they take such a pounding
Full story here
So whats next, the other side ! and it is much worse
This must be the most botched piece of an imp that I know of other than sills
I have seen silicon, fibreglass, even patch pieces welded to the crear cross member ! as no-one ever wants to drop all the back end to do it right.
Overall this took me about 4 hours today, from cutting out, cleaning, making the patch peices.
There seems to be a train of thought that the welding is the problem, it is not. The welding itself was only say 10 minutes tops
It is all cut, shape, prepare, make it the best fit you can. Nothing you can do with the welding torch can ever make up for a badly fitting patch piece
I think Malcolm Anderson used to make heavy duty replacement parts for these areas as they take such a pounding
Full story here
So whats next, the other side ! and it is much worse