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March 11, 2008 at 11:21 am #62076

Owain Lloyd

quote Duke:

Here are a couple of pictures of the cross member. It has been powder coated. Can you determine if it has been serviced?

difficult to tell from these pics. if you look at where the shock towers are welded onto the crossmember, the original welds were not complete seams, just dashes. these should be completely seamed. in my case, i could see visible stresses at this point and where the rack is bolted on.

however, it may have even been serviced back in the 70’s or 80’s in which case it could still need doing. its only 4 bolts to pull it and then you can check the various dimensions, the most obvious being the distance between the shock towers. some of these measurements are in the workshop manual and i have others if you need.