Hey folks,
I spend most of my time around here lurking and learning, but I have a
couple of specific questions regarding repairs to my 1970 TR6. A while back
the right front suspension collapsed while backing out of my driveway. A
closer inspection showed that the support bracket to which the lower rear
wishbone attaches had sheared off entirely. Luckily, in retrospect I
realize that the process had begun a day or two before, but had decided not
to completely fail while I was cruising at 80 on the freeway. Anyway, I
have painstakingly ground off the remaining bits of the old bracket in
preparation to weld on a new one. As I have no welding experience, I plan
to bring in someone to do the job.
The questions: any pointers about welding? I have prepped the frame as
much as I know how, but since I've never done something like this, are there
any pre-welding prep pointers I should know?
Also, I ordered the TRF support bracket plate washers so this doesn't happen
again to the other three original (but healthy) brackets. My question is:
do these washers need to be welded to the back of the brackets, or should
they simply be held in place by wishbone nut and bolt assembly?
Thanks for your help. I hope to get this taken care of in the next week or
so, and these questions are keeping me from completing the job.
Shawn Mann
70 TR6
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