Rzeppa
Rising Sun Member
So I was diving home from the grocery store yesterday, and as I was turning from Meyers Gulch on to Columbine in Kittredge, I heard a CLUNK followed by a sudden shift in the attitude of my 60. I immediately stopped, got out and inspected. The front spring hanger of my left rear suspension had detached from the frame. Okay, been there done that, those of you that were on the Barbour Fork Father's Day run I led in 2016 will remember I had that issue then. The trail fix is a ratchet strap to the front spring to the slider and crossmember, It got me home and I did a proper repair, welding the spring hanger back to the frame with some reinforcing steel sections.
At first I thought my repair didn't hold up, but it turns out it is still holding up fine, this was the left side, the trail damage from 8 years ago was the right side.
When ticks me off is this was a rust-free Arizona truck when I bought it in 2011, and it doesn't take too long for our mag-chloride happy CDoT to wreck our frames!
Fortunately, I was but 3 blocks from home and I limped up the hill really slow and got into the garage, and planned to tackle the project today, my day off, anticipating an afternoon repair.
So here's where it is unlikely to take more than one afternoon. The rot was way more extensive than I anticipated, and I will be cutting a substantial amount of the frame out and adding a lot of new steel. So there's cutting all that stuff out, then cutting and shaping the new pieces, of course prepping everything that's still on the rig to bare metal for welding, and prepping the spring hanger down to bare metal for welding.
Sigh.
At least the greaseable spring pin came right out, it is not too old, maybe 8-9 years or so, whenever it was I put on the OME, and didn't need too much persuasion.
My wife says I should drive something that was built in this century (that's why I'm on the LC 250 thread, I really plan to buy one of those brand new. The newest Land Cruiser I have ever owned was the 1997 HZJ75 I bought in 2000.
Oh well, back to the garage - grinder, air hammer, wire wheel, etc. Can't really sand blast inside...
Gotta love the OME anti-inversion shackles!
The spring hanger is pretty bad!
The frame is going to need a LOT of work! Glad Kevin got his taken care of before it got this bad.
Forget I hate mud, I hate rust! Look where the shape of the frame has deformed! I am going to have to weld in all new steel there.
At first I thought my repair didn't hold up, but it turns out it is still holding up fine, this was the left side, the trail damage from 8 years ago was the right side.
When ticks me off is this was a rust-free Arizona truck when I bought it in 2011, and it doesn't take too long for our mag-chloride happy CDoT to wreck our frames!
Fortunately, I was but 3 blocks from home and I limped up the hill really slow and got into the garage, and planned to tackle the project today, my day off, anticipating an afternoon repair.
So here's where it is unlikely to take more than one afternoon. The rot was way more extensive than I anticipated, and I will be cutting a substantial amount of the frame out and adding a lot of new steel. So there's cutting all that stuff out, then cutting and shaping the new pieces, of course prepping everything that's still on the rig to bare metal for welding, and prepping the spring hanger down to bare metal for welding.
Sigh.
At least the greaseable spring pin came right out, it is not too old, maybe 8-9 years or so, whenever it was I put on the OME, and didn't need too much persuasion.
My wife says I should drive something that was built in this century (that's why I'm on the LC 250 thread, I really plan to buy one of those brand new. The newest Land Cruiser I have ever owned was the 1997 HZJ75 I bought in 2000.
Oh well, back to the garage - grinder, air hammer, wire wheel, etc. Can't really sand blast inside...
Gotta love the OME anti-inversion shackles!
The spring hanger is pretty bad!
The frame is going to need a LOT of work! Glad Kevin got his taken care of before it got this bad.
Forget I hate mud, I hate rust! Look where the shape of the frame has deformed! I am going to have to weld in all new steel there.
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