Rear spring hanger

[greg]

An early MoT prod around underneath revealed one little nastie[xx(]

Looks awkward to repair with the hanger in place, but removal is proving stubborn...

 

[Comm-Up-Ear]

As you know mate i've been here myself. Mine was stubborn to free too. What i do remember doing though was jacking the van up to take the weight off the offending spring and that made things much easier Then i used a rubber mallet to loosen the bracket out of the outrigger. Be carefull not to cross thread anything on removal though as i did cos it's then another headache trying to groove a new one in and it took me ages. How do you plan to repair it? Are you going to weld a new plate on the bottom?

 

[commeracer]

Much easier to repair with the spring off

"You,re only supposed to blow the bloody SLIDING doors off"

 

[greg]

The hanger bracket drifted out quite easily with a jack at the other end of the spring taking the chassis weight, revealing the extent of the damage

This appears to have been repaired previously, now rotted away again[xx(]

 

[commeracer]

Do yourself a favour Greg

Won,t be doing the Colonels hanger again for a couple of epoch,s

"You,re only supposed to blow the bloody SLIDING doors off"

 

[greg]

Nice work there[^]

Basic MoT work

Yer pays yer money and takes yer choice

 

[greg]

Ooops...gone and broke me sender wire off doing that:I

 

[greg]

Just when we thought the other side looked okay:I

Better sweep that up before anyone notices:I[xx(]

 

[bazzateer]

They get a bit incontinent at that age!

Spare a Commer Guv?
If I told you I was a pathological liar, would you believe me?

 

[greg]

Having cleaned up our own mess:I
thought better take a look at the damage[xx(]

Funnily enough, this outrigger looks like it has not been repaired before, a rare occurrence on our Commer:I
Pesky tank filler pipe in the way now[B)]

 

[commeracer]

Well done Greg [^] it,s a dicey game in that area [B)]

"You,re only supposed to blow the bloody SLIDING doors off"

 

[Panky]

Greg, as a Health and Safety Manager I have got to say - nice job[8D]
But take the tank out next time - probably in about ten years:I

Happy Days.......

 

[greg]

Was hoping for it to last at least eleven years:I