Hey all,
A few weeks back I was in woodhill and 'decided' to park on some tree stumps. Even a 2.5tonne cruiser couldnt winch me off them. it actually started to pull him up the hill. I watched as he let the tension off and the back came back around about 1 foot so.
That leads me on to my next question, seeing the right hand side has a kink in the chassis at the bottom inside edge, I know it wont pass a warrant either, Would cutting the section out, welding in a new straight bit, grinding it smooth and re undersealing both sides work? I would prefer it to pass a warrant for another year or so at least.
will post pics up tonight hopefully. Thanks for any help.
cheers
Lincoln
Kinked chassis
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Rotazuk
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Re: Kinked chassis
Post up a good clean pic . It may be a factory kink , they have a couple .
Trying to be positive here
Chris
Trying to be positive here
Chris
Re: Kinked chassis
Haha,
Yea its not a factory kink, wasn't there before. Thanks for trying to be positive all the same.
I got home to late to take the pic today, will try in the morning.
Yea its not a factory kink, wasn't there before. Thanks for trying to be positive all the same.
I got home to late to take the pic today, will try in the morning.
Re: Kinked chassis
well i finally got my arse into gear and got the photo's onto the computer.
Just how much the D hook was bent when it was trying to get winched, Can't believe it didn't break.
I had a proper good look at it the other day and found it was about 50mm or so difference looking at it from the back, not good. Then today found out it could be straightened but only sort of. It wouldn't be very strong and would bend real easy again. You could try to weld on reinforcement but the chassis being high tensile steel wont work well and would crack, and it would have to be a really dodgy WOF man to pass it. Also the left is slightly bent too. What has happened is the inside C has buckled downward pushing the other one out too, pretty much unfixable.
Seeing it isn't a C section chassis like normal, It has two C sections welded together it makes it hard to be worked on at all, if it was C section it wouldn't be a problem, you could get some guy who doesn't give a shit to cut and weld in a new section but it would be as weak as hell and seeing it is right under the driver, in any frontal impact it would just bend there and send the energy ato the drivers side. Not a good thing.
So now for me to find new chassis to remount every thing on that, while im at it add a body lift, new heavy duty clutch kit, LWB springs and shocks and front struts, tow hooks and other stuff.
Still I will use it off road till I have all the parts ready to swap it over, then get 6 guys to lift the body over to the other chassis along with every thing else, any one keen when its time?
cheers
Lincoln
Just how much the D hook was bent when it was trying to get winched, Can't believe it didn't break.
I had a proper good look at it the other day and found it was about 50mm or so difference looking at it from the back, not good. Then today found out it could be straightened but only sort of. It wouldn't be very strong and would bend real easy again. You could try to weld on reinforcement but the chassis being high tensile steel wont work well and would crack, and it would have to be a really dodgy WOF man to pass it. Also the left is slightly bent too. What has happened is the inside C has buckled downward pushing the other one out too, pretty much unfixable.
Seeing it isn't a C section chassis like normal, It has two C sections welded together it makes it hard to be worked on at all, if it was C section it wouldn't be a problem, you could get some guy who doesn't give a shit to cut and weld in a new section but it would be as weak as hell and seeing it is right under the driver, in any frontal impact it would just bend there and send the energy ato the drivers side. Not a good thing.
So now for me to find new chassis to remount every thing on that, while im at it add a body lift, new heavy duty clutch kit, LWB springs and shocks and front struts, tow hooks and other stuff.
Still I will use it off road till I have all the parts ready to swap it over, then get 6 guys to lift the body over to the other chassis along with every thing else, any one keen when its time?
cheers
Lincoln
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Re: Kinked chassis
shame i just biffed 2 good chassis but may know of another.I will check with the guy when he gets back from hols
Al
Al
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Re: Kinked chassis
can i ask why both bends point into eachother is it because the front crossmember is bent outwards if it isnt i cant seem to see how it moved like this.
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Re: Kinked chassis
I think the l/h rail is fine , pretty sure they are like that standard , will look in the shed tomorrow at the junker and see . The r/h one has had bit of a tweek 
If you are going to all the trouble of a chassis swap ( may be the best option ) once you have the body off it should make repairing it easier as you will have heaps of access . I would have thought a C section patch would fix that up once the chassis is straightened and the cross member also fixed .
Fixing it may be less hassle that the chassis number swap issues with a chassis swap .
Cheers
Chris
That looks like Matts old vitara .
If you are going to all the trouble of a chassis swap ( may be the best option ) once you have the body off it should make repairing it easier as you will have heaps of access . I would have thought a C section patch would fix that up once the chassis is straightened and the cross member also fixed .
Fixing it may be less hassle that the chassis number swap issues with a chassis swap .
Cheers
Chris
That looks like Matts old vitara .
Re: Kinked chassis
Well I found a decent panel beater who will give it a go, he said he should be able to do it, I just have to wait at least 4 weeks as he is booked up.
better and less hassle than a chassis swap though for sure, LVV certifiers are so pessimistic these day's. haha
and don't know if it was a matt's, got it off a family who kid learnt to drive in it, who go it off some uni student who got it off the original lady owner. Never off road till I had it apparently.
cheers
Lincoln
and the chassis rails, I have no idea. All i know i was shit scared when i saw the back come round about a foot once the pressure was released from the cruiser.
better and less hassle than a chassis swap though for sure, LVV certifiers are so pessimistic these day's. haha
and don't know if it was a matt's, got it off a family who kid learnt to drive in it, who go it off some uni student who got it off the original lady owner. Never off road till I had it apparently.
cheers
Lincoln
and the chassis rails, I have no idea. All i know i was shit scared when i saw the back come round about a foot once the pressure was released from the cruiser.