[Montegoman]

Great update. Keep them coming.

[Plodder]

New Drop Links and Steering Ball Joints fitted without too much fuss.



Just need to make sure the rear compensator arm bolts can be loosened before I take it to get the tracking done , which hasn't been done for at least 20 years

Next job is to replace the front roll bar rubbers with some poly bushes.

Just waiting for the penetrating oil to do its work on the bolts, which seem to be a bit tighter than the quoted 15Nm.

[Plodder]

Well if you’d read one of my other posts you will have read that whilst in the process of fitting new front roll bar bushes one of the captive nuts inside the rear front subframe/beam , which secures the roll bar clamp to the sub frame , has broken free.
Will take it to a garage I have previously used to see if it can be repaired easily or if the subframe/beam needs to be removed and refurbished.
I thought this was going to be the last quick job of the winter before getting the tracking sorted and a trip to POL

[961tat]

Keep at it sometime you go back to go forward and if its rotten better find out now than on the road ps I have front for honda but rear not at the moment all the best hope it a easy fix and that another place to inject oil/wax which ever floats ye boats

[Plodder]

Thanks.
Yes in a way I’m glad it’s gone now even if I’m a bit disappointed not to get the bushes fitted.
The bolt on this hole was actually was very easy to move , unlike some of the others, so clearly the captive nut was very much on it’s last legs.
We’ll see what the garage makes of it, their speciality is Triumph Stags but they seem to be happy to take on other work.

I might be interested in a replacement front one as I painted over the current one with hammerite a few years ago as it was going rusty, but every time I look at it I think what a mess it is. I need to do it properly job particularly in the recess where the brake reaction bar bushes fit .

[961tat]

Just come back from blasting/ coating can be posted pm if you what it

[Plodder]

Just a quick update.

Well beginning to see a picture now having viewed the cross beam whilst the car was on the garage lift.
I recall having some welding done on the rear front cross beam many years ago. In fact looking at my records it was in 2002.
I then have a further invoice for the some welding done in 2016.

The view was it was not a particularly good weld from 2002 but it had obviously lasted a few years.

One of the repairs patches is next to if not including part of the captive nut that has come loose.



It seems likely that it was probably not treated internally when the weld was done and corrosion has creep under the captive nut
.
It was described as an MOT weld and considering what I paid for it it was only ever going to be a make do and mend repair.

So the plan is to cut out the existing repair and include the area around the captive nut in the repair. It's booked for the beginning of March so if it doesn't go pear shaped I will make POL this year.

Hopefully this plan will work and provide a short to medium term fix until a replacement cross member or a proper refurbishment can be sorted.