Rusty Jimny, rear body mounts / chassis gone

irishguy123 wrote: The way these things rust is unreal!

I suppose most users buy them to tackle the ice and snow and so these get a thrashing underneath but even so the standard of metal used is a disgrace.

I keep seeing all these rusty Jimnys on here yet mine has been up to its axles in mud and has next to none, save a bit of surface rust on the chassis.

Maybe my fanatical cleaning underneath has paid off but it often has been put in the garage wet to keep it secure,which I feared would promote rust. Maybe I've just been lucky!

Kirkynut

kirkynut wrote: I keep seeing all these rusty Jimnys on here yet mine has been up to its axles in mud and has next to none, save a bit of surface rust on the chassis. Maybe my fanatical cleaning underneath has paid off
Kirkynut

Yes, some of it is luck of the draw, some must be to do with steel quality for any given year, some to do with weather and suchlike, some with type of use and probably most important blasting the shyte off the underneath now and then.

The guy that made my spare key told me all the Jimnys he had seen prior to mine were in dreadful condition. Go figure.

How did your MOT go? Any pictures yet of your repairs>

Hi thanks for your interest.
Haven't had a minute recently whilst trying to get work done for mot


the welding ain't pretty lol


Subframe trial fit


Unfortunately I found the kingpin bearing on driver side was away so had to cancel the Thursday mot. Was too busy welding in new metal to remember to check the normal stuff lol.

It lived up to its name of rust bucket as all but the brake fastners that had to be undone to replace the king pin bearings disintegrated!
Took a. bout 3hrs of heat, hammering on wrong sized sockets and welding bits of metal to bolt heads to strip the joint then about 30mins to rebuild with new fasteners lol.

Went to MOT last night and failed
Tester was a bit of jobs worth, he hammered a hole in the sill (seemed sturdy enough to me before) and said the chassis is cracked at the rear tie bar mount.
On inspection I can't see a crack, I asked him where to be told "well I'm not sure if it's a crack or not". So I've been told to descale the area make any repairs necessary and then re-test.

Hopefully get use of a ramp this evening and see if I can get it retested for the weekend.
Rather than clog this area I'll maybe start a build thread in appropriate section.
Photos became sparse as I progressed, really slows things down lol

thompo wrote: It lived up to its name of rust bucket

Went to MOT last night and failed

Tester was a bit of jobs worth, he hammered a hole in the sill (seemed sturdy enough to me before) and said the chassis is cracked at the rear tie bar mount.

Seeing the trouble you are having is a bit depressing. :sick:

Don't think I'd be pleased if the MoT took to putting holes in metal with an implement - I could bash a hold with a welder's spatter hammer in most cars!!

My chap marks areas with yellow crayon and tells me what needs doing. I am a bit shocked that you have a cracked chassis; it's the best bit of metal on the vehicle. :whistle:

Hopefully once this is done it should be good to go for a few years.