Is my front beam beyond repair?

Here's some pics of the hole I poked ....



Here's the other side


Heavily corroded not sure that a patch could be welded... Any thoughts cheers

 

Can be fixed of course. shielsy and paradox have done it. If you have more money than time replace? ie worth doing if you're stretched as it'll only cost your time.
There should be a drain at the bottom which gets blocked. You'll have to do something a little more substantial than patching it, though patching would get through MOT I expect as they're not allowed to test it/hit it etc, just look.

 

I never felt comfortable riding round with a patched beam ,even thought it was very professionally welded by me ,200 odd quid is piece of mind...

btw yours is minging...

 

Yeah that can be repaired

I repaired this on my beam

 

Or you could drive to Maidstone just over an hour away and buy my one, will pm
pics if your interested.

 

What gauge steel did you use... I am tempted to take a trip to Maidstone

 

As it is, it's arguably toast anyway. I'd have a very good look and bash at it before wasting any time on it nothing to loose doing that.
I remember seeing pics on here where someones swivel pin housing had torn off and crumpled up, but it and the rest of the beam looked perfect on the outside.

 

Thanks Zed - I guess it's easy enough to switch my swivel pin bits onto another beam (if the rusty stuff lets me)

 

And everything else including the springs. Bare beams are cheapest.

 

I fixed mine. Not quite as bad as yours. Used 2mm steel. But I know that at some point I'll need to replace it when I ever get to use it that is !

 

now i have turned my attention to the beam nasty , well stripped some bit s of to lighten it and started cutting have a noisey , owen nw

 

boiling grease from the beam

 

the hand is now infected , up like a balloon , and ousing it s own clarett nasty , owen nw

look at the difference in the 2 hands lol

 

finished of the last of the repairs to the front beam , solid at last owen nw

 

more







then i get to meet the boys girlfriend , he was crapping it lol owen nw

 

went out to adrians first coated both beam and chassis with copper grease , to help slide into place and forms a water proof barrier when the bolts are tightened , fitted the engine lid and a few bits pieces owen n w









next for painting blaster for got to give me one of the brackets owen nw

 

yes is the answer lol cheers para zeb owen n w

 

Bear in mind shielsy is like the Irish equivalent of the a team. I think he might even wear the feather earrings like ba