How does a Chassis Flex??

[RabidGranny]

Morning All

My old mans Mitsubishi L200 Pick up has been condemned due to 'Chassis Flex'. Pardon my ignorance but how does that happen??

Is it a mixture of him towing heavy loads such cattle trailers etc full of cattle and also old age?? (shes 2011).

Sorry if this is an obvious question

[Shedding]

RabidGranny said:

Morning All

My old mans Mitsubishi L200 Pick up has been condemned due to 'Chassis Flex'. Pardon my ignorance but how does that happen??

Is it a mixture of him towing heavy loads such cattle trailers etc full of cattle and also old age?? (shes 2011).

Sorry if this is an obvious question

I guess a main load-bearing structural member has fractured, deformed or corroded such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced.

[anonymous-user]

Not unheard of on the L200, similarly the Nissan Navara.

It tends to be corrosion that's eaten away at the structure.



People brace them...

[98elise]

Rat_Fink_67 said:

Not unheard of on the L200, similarly the Nissan Navara.

It tends to be corrosion that's eaten away at the structure.



People brace them...

Yup. My brother had one. It failed it's MOT on a terminal rotten chassis. Sold for scrap.

[essayer]

Rat_Fink_67 said:

People brace them...

with a Land Rover chassis?

[anonymous-user]

essayer said:

with a Land Rover chassis?

It was more for demonstration purposes than suggesting it was a Mitsubishi chassis.

There's just something about Pistonheads that really does attract a different level of d**khead isn't there

[TA14]

Rat_Fink_67 said:

essayer said:

with a Land Rover chassis?

It was more for demonstration purposes than suggesting it was a Mitsubishi chassis.

There's just something about Pistonheads that really does attract a different level of d**khead isn't there

OTOH, with a little cut and shut, I wonder whether you could brace it with a LR chassis? 'MitsuRover?'

[Dave.]

TA14 said:

OTOH, with a little cut and shut, I wonder whether you could brace it with a LR chassis? 'MitsuRover?'

Can you weld rust to rust?