Darcy:
There are repair sections for the frame available from Rimmer
Brothers. From what you are describing that may be overkill, however.
You can cut away one side of a frame rail and replace it with
some 16AWG steel. What you may find is that there is a lot more rot
internal to the frame member, in which case you can go ahead and replace
the whole frame section with a Rimmer brothers repair piece.
Likewise for the T-shirt pressing. Grind the welds off around
the edges and remove the bottom pressing, you will have a lot better
idea of what if anything needs to be replaced after you get the pressing
off the frame.
You should make a thorough assessment of the frame before
ordering anything from Rimmer, as shipping really chews you up in a
hurry. Better to combine all the bits into one order and be done with
it.
Cheers,
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: 6pack-bounces+vance.navarrette=intel.com@autox.team.net
[mailto:6pack-bounces+vance.navarrette=intel.com@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Hunter, Darcy
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 7:13 AM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: [6pack] Frame Rust Repairs
<snip>
More subjective is regarding the rust I uncovered. One trailing arm
support
has small to moderate rust on the bottom side of the box beam. Is the
best
way to repair to just cut this out and replace with stock steel or are
their
standard repair sections available that would make the work easier?
Also, the breastplate has moderate rust on both sides just beneath the
inner
side of the frame rails, extending about halfway along the length of the
plate. Should I just grind off the whole plate and get a new one to
weld
on? Can you properly weld this in place? I did see on the RATCO site
where
they bolted this plate in place. Maybe this is a preferred approach but
how
do you fasten the bolts without weakening the frame. Maybe this is only
possible with RATCO frame modifications. Thanks for the feedback.
Looking
forward to grinding and cutting on my back this weekend.
Darcy Hunter
'73 TR6
No. Easton, MA
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