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johnpirate:
Has anyone changed the rear body crossmember .I had a look at repairing it,but its past it.Is it easier to remove the tank,or can it be done with it in place ?.What is the best way to support the body to chop the old one out ?.The rear bumper doesnt want to come off I,ve tried WD 40 but its only released one side.The exhaust side is as stuck as ever.I,m undecided whether to cut the damn thing off and get a replacement from a breakers.

No ditch too deep:
Is it just the cross member thats shot or have the chassis rails gone as well - just doing the cross member is fairly straight forward

denviks:
i have done the rear cross member on my disco. i removed the tank to make it easier to get to the back side of it. what i did with mine was to cut the oldd one out leaving a few good solid mounting points. i then cut the new one so it matched and then welded it in. took me about a day to be honest as im not that fast with the welder.

Budgie:
Just to confirm it is the body crossmember we're talking about and not the chassis crossmember here?

My rear body crossmember mountings onto the chassis have gone but the rest of it is OK. I managed to get just the mounts off a guy on Ebay for £25 the pair. Just need to get them welded on now.  :wink:

I think if I were replacing the whole thing then I'd do the rear floor at the same time. The floor is patched for now and all rust treated but you may as well have max fun with the grinder!!  :D

hobbit:
I repaired one of my rear mounts, as an after thought when I'de repaired the rear body cross member

I  managed to raise the body corner back to its original height with a block of wood and jack, then fabricate round it with weld and plate to rebuild the thing  back, luckily the rear plate was still intact so no need to drop tank to access the rear, just watch the sparks though

Fiddley but not too difficult

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