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CSW side frame repairs, parts?

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Niel:

--- Quote from: "L90OOK" ---Ah that one, sorry I miss understood! ...classic MOT failure point as within 30cm of the rear seat belt mounting!

THESE are what you want.

Paddocks sell them singularly too.  8)
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Not at that price I don't!

The rest whilst scabby isn't bad enough to need replacing, just the one section....

L90OOK:
I think you are gonna have to fabricate a piece then.  If you remove the riveted on triangular body panel they are very accessible.

ChrisV8:
:lol: Just doing this job on my 110, have completed one side just going to start on the other side.

What I have done is to remove the triangular ally cover section riveted to the underlying structure, held also to the wheel arch with two plastic rivet thingys and a couple of little bolts into the cill member. Then all the rot is revealed !!!!! Mine went quite a long way up, so I fabricated a replacement box section in two angled bits so I could weld it to the good part of the old box and down to the cill, then welded the two angles together. It's just fiddly and time consuming but the end result has been good and regained the strength missing. The last job was copiuos amounts of waxoyl to make sure it doesn't need doing again for a long while, I also will inject Waxoyl into the box section using a hole left in the bottom part internally.

I will take some pics of the next side so you can see what I have done if that's any help. I am sure others have done this before as it is an obvious rust trap.

Niel:

--- Quote from: "ChrisV8" ---:lol: Just doing this job on my 110, have completed one side just going to start on the other side.

What I have done is to remove the triangular ally cover section riveted to the underlying structure, held also to the wheel arch with two plastic rivet thingys and a couple of little bolts into the cill member. Then all the rot is revealed !!!!! Mine went quite a long way up, so I fabricated a replacement box section in two angled bits so I could weld it to the good part of the old box and down to the cill, then welded the two angles together. It's just fiddly and time consuming but the end result has been good and regained the strength missing. The last job was copiuos amounts of waxoyl to make sure it doesn't need doing again for a long while, I also will inject Waxoyl into the box section using a hole left in the bottom part internally.

I will take some pics of the next side so you can see what I have done if that's any help. I am sure others have done this before as it is an obvious rust trap.
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That would be useful, I've done a temp. repair on one side, but don't have a MIG at the moment to weld anything this thin, so its only bolted together:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1077/1467729050_629b5ac993_b.jpg

ChrisV8:
Removed the ally cover panel and ooooooh

Cut three bits of steel, two bent into an angle and the other was a dog leg I already had from a previous repair job.

Welded the first angle section in, then the dog leg and the last angle formed the top and the upstand for the door seal.[/img]

Don't appear to have any pics here but they are here

http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=18226

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