I had a bit of a noise under the rear of the UTE ??? figured it must be the exhaust must have broke a mount ,, thought I should have a look as I was going to Goulburn Swap the next day well it turned out that it has cracked and torn the top shock mount out of the floor :o :o and the shock was sitting against the diff centre Damn :( :( so do I un pick it and look for a replacement to weld back in ??? OR modify it and unpick both and make a new support from rail to rail to mount the shocks of so it won't happen again .....
The cause of the problem ??? ???
Checked shock length thought that with the lowering of the Ute the shock may have been bottoming out Not the case
Shock was not to hard
body was in good condition no rust etc
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...FC427......
Mark,
Make a new rail, easy job for you.
you dont want that to happen again.
CHeers
Ed
Mark,
I have seen this before on quite a few of the early Holdens, particularly those that have seen a fair bit of dirt road use.
Either a rail as you have suggested, or replace the mount and weld it back in. From experience the mount comes loose (breaks away) from the spot welds. Once welded back in I have never had one break free again.
As you have experienced it is more metal fatigue rather than corrosion
Keith
How dare the fifty year old metal fatigue i bet if it was a new car it would be shagged after 20 years.
Mine fatigued all around the hole in the FC it was a country car dirt roads so i m guessing vibration killed it.
Shouldnt be to big of a job i think i welded round oversized discs over the repair.
Mark, this happened a few years ago to my FE Sedan, the drivers side rear from memory, just drilled out the spots, dressed it up and had it plug welded back up
Mark,
if you need a replacement, then i am wrecking a car at the moment and i could cut out the mount for you.
This has happen to me twice.
The culprit was air shocks.
Regards
Alex
Quote from: GOA350 on April 05, 2011, 08:11:59 PM
Mark,
if you need a replacement, then i am wrecking a car at the moment and i could cut out the mount for you.
That would be fantastic as It's my day driver and the old Ute is bouncing around a fair bit :(...and this will be the quickest and easiest Thanks for your help ;D ;D ;D.....FC427 .... nearly for got it's the passenger side I need will send you a PM