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So I've turned my attention to sorting out the trailing arm before I go for the jacking point (which I I think is going to be a much bigger ball ache than I first thought)

So after getting rid of most the rot I'm left with a bit of a hole.

I've seen the repair pieces for the spring mount but my question is can I just weld a flat patch in before welding the repair piece or does it need the indentation for the repair piece to fit into?

The repair piece itself seems flat from the pictures but none show the underside. My hope was to just patch the trailing arm then go ahead and fit the repair piece

It looks like what is left is still pretty thin, I’d see about taking it back to shiny metal. My gut would say just a flat patch first, then the repair plate, positioning doesn’t need to be millimetre perfect in this instance.

RogerT wrote: ↑15 Apr 2024, 10:17 It looks like what is left is still pretty thin, I’d see about taking it back to shiny metal. My gut would say just a flat patch first, then the repair plate, positioning doesn’t need to be millimetre perfect in this instance.

Cheers Roger, got it patched and going to order the repair plate (defo won't be winning any pretty welding awards!)

Bryce wrote: ↑15 Apr 2024, 13:41 (defo won't be winning any pretty welding awards!)

Excellent use of the grinder is just as important as welding!

Grinder and paint make me the welder I ain't as the saying goes