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Philip
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Hey,
I can weld structural steel and I've done a few bodywork repairs but nothing on a serious scale. Could I get some tips from people?
There's not a lot of rust, but it is all in annoying places. I guess that's normal. Seriously Suzuki, a single drain hole in this body mount would have stopped this:
With these reinforced members, there's a lot of rust at the joints. Should I remove the member by drilling off the plug welds? Does anywhere sell universal members? Or "top hat" profile that I could use to replace members?
I don't know how I'd get in there, maybe just blast it and seal it and leave it. The whole assemply could dismantle if I drilled out all the plug welds, but there's seat belt members that make up this section, so I'd need to be careful.
Someone highly recommended buying a plug weld drill, I spend so much on tools though, are they really better than a drill bit and then a small milling bit attached to die grinder or dremel to enlarge until the plug lets go?
And how difficult to close the holes so I can refit the plug welded members? Or do I just fit new members with new plug welds in different positions?
I can weld structural steel and I've done a few bodywork repairs but nothing on a serious scale. Could I get some tips from people?
There's not a lot of rust, but it is all in annoying places. I guess that's normal. Seriously Suzuki, a single drain hole in this body mount would have stopped this:
With these reinforced members, there's a lot of rust at the joints. Should I remove the member by drilling off the plug welds? Does anywhere sell universal members? Or "top hat" profile that I could use to replace members?
I don't know how I'd get in there, maybe just blast it and seal it and leave it. The whole assemply could dismantle if I drilled out all the plug welds, but there's seat belt members that make up this section, so I'd need to be careful.
Someone highly recommended buying a plug weld drill, I spend so much on tools though, are they really better than a drill bit and then a small milling bit attached to die grinder or dremel to enlarge until the plug lets go?
And how difficult to close the holes so I can refit the plug welded members? Or do I just fit new members with new plug welds in different positions?