Outriggers uncovered :-(
Discussion
Over the weekend I had the front wheels off the check the suspension bushes and noticed that some of the coating had come away from the outriggers behind the front wheels. I've now scrapped off most of the waxoil, old coating and rust from the front sections of the outriggers and exposed a bit of a nightmare underneath.
1) There is quite a thick layer of rust underneath the waxoil in some areas along the bottom of the outriggers and the corner brackets.
2) There is a hole in the passenger side crossmember behind the wheel (where the crud collects).
3) There is a second hole on the bottom of the divers side outrigger about 6" behind the corner bracket. Looks like this may have been caused by something hitting the outrigger and then rust setting in. The rest of the outrigger in this area is not too bad.
I'm pretty shocked by this, as when I bought the car 18 months ago the chassis had just been waxoiled. It looks like this must have been sprayed straight over the existing rust.
It doesn't look like there is anywhere to get the outriggers replaced up here (Aberdeen) and I just won't have the time just now to tackle this job myself. My only option at the moment is to clean up the rust as best I can and paint with POR15 / waxoil to protect the car until I can replace the outriggers myself (hopefully next year).
My question is what to do about the holes, I was thinking of spraying in waxoil and then filling the holes, before painting over. Do you think this would work as a temporary measure, or would it be better to leave it as it is until I can get it fixed properly.
Alternatively is there any specialist in Scotland that can do this work?
1) There is quite a thick layer of rust underneath the waxoil in some areas along the bottom of the outriggers and the corner brackets.
2) There is a hole in the passenger side crossmember behind the wheel (where the crud collects).
3) There is a second hole on the bottom of the divers side outrigger about 6" behind the corner bracket. Looks like this may have been caused by something hitting the outrigger and then rust setting in. The rest of the outrigger in this area is not too bad.
I'm pretty shocked by this, as when I bought the car 18 months ago the chassis had just been waxoiled. It looks like this must have been sprayed straight over the existing rust.
It doesn't look like there is anywhere to get the outriggers replaced up here (Aberdeen) and I just won't have the time just now to tackle this job myself. My only option at the moment is to clean up the rust as best I can and paint with POR15 / waxoil to protect the car until I can replace the outriggers myself (hopefully next year).
My question is what to do about the holes, I was thinking of spraying in waxoil and then filling the holes, before painting over. Do you think this would work as a temporary measure, or would it be better to leave it as it is until I can get it fixed properly.
Alternatively is there any specialist in Scotland that can do this work?
Angus, I'd look to get this seen to ASAP if I were you
Had a similar scare (but not as bad) myself earlier in the year... beware ye waxoyl'ers
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...
Had a similar scare (but not as bad) myself earlier in the year... beware ye waxoyl'ers
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...
angus99 said:
Over the weekend I had the front wheels off the check the suspension bushes and noticed that some of the coating had come away from the outriggers behind the front wheels. I've now scrapped off most of the waxoil, old coating and rust from the front sections of the outriggers and exposed a bit of a nightmare underneath.
1) There is quite a thick layer of rust underneath the waxoil in some areas along the bottom of the outriggers and the corner brackets.
2) There is a hole in the passenger side crossmember behind the wheel (where the crud collects).
3) There is a second hole on the bottom of the divers side outrigger about 6" behind the corner bracket. Looks like this may have been caused by something hitting the outrigger and then rust setting in. The rest of the outrigger in this area is not too bad.
I'm pretty shocked by this, as when I bought the car 18 months ago the chassis had just been waxoiled. It looks like this must have been sprayed straight over the existing rust.
It doesn't look like there is anywhere to get the outriggers replaced up here (Aberdeen) and I just won't have the time just now to tackle this job myself. My only option at the moment is to clean up the rust as best I can and paint with POR15 / waxoil to protect the car until I can replace the outriggers myself (hopefully next year).
My question is what to do about the holes, I was thinking of spraying in waxoil and then filling the holes, before painting over. Do you think this would work as a temporary measure, or would it be better to leave it as it is until I can get it fixed properly.
Alternatively is there any specialist in Scotland that can do this work?
Feel for you, but its a common bit of naughtyness to coat it all in in Waxoyl and claim its all therefore good. Personally I hate the stuff for the very reason you can't see whats going on. Others swear by it though. If its holed then there really is no option but to have them replaced.1) There is quite a thick layer of rust underneath the waxoil in some areas along the bottom of the outriggers and the corner brackets.
2) There is a hole in the passenger side crossmember behind the wheel (where the crud collects).
3) There is a second hole on the bottom of the divers side outrigger about 6" behind the corner bracket. Looks like this may have been caused by something hitting the outrigger and then rust setting in. The rest of the outrigger in this area is not too bad.
I'm pretty shocked by this, as when I bought the car 18 months ago the chassis had just been waxoiled. It looks like this must have been sprayed straight over the existing rust.
It doesn't look like there is anywhere to get the outriggers replaced up here (Aberdeen) and I just won't have the time just now to tackle this job myself. My only option at the moment is to clean up the rust as best I can and paint with POR15 / waxoil to protect the car until I can replace the outriggers myself (hopefully next year).
My question is what to do about the holes, I was thinking of spraying in waxoil and then filling the holes, before painting over. Do you think this would work as a temporary measure, or would it be better to leave it as it is until I can get it fixed properly.
Alternatively is there any specialist in Scotland that can do this work?
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