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Thanks to all who offered advice. I am taking steps to have it fixed.
I removed the rear shocks and, using a thin piece of tin from a disposable baking pan, made a template to use as a model for cutting, hammering and welding a piece of 14-16 gauge steel to weld inside the top of the wheel well. To reinforce it from the top I will have a 3x8" piece of HEAVY gauge steel welded across the top with a spacer below to alleviate any pressure on the aforementioned molded steel piece inside the wheel well.
All welds will be done by a professional and all will be bead-welded as opposed to tack-welded the way the factory treated the hock mounts. I could have done a better job myself.
If I can document this procedure at all I will share with the board. Till then, thanks again and best of luck to all of you.
Keep those 9000's alive. Check for rust regularly.
-Daven
Posts in this Thread:
- Severe Rust, Daven
, Mon, 8 Nov 2010 08:38:56- Re: Severe Rust, skibumm100
, Mon, 8 Nov 2010 10:09:49- My thoughts exactly!, marvinstockman, Mon, 8 Nov 2010 14:24:24
- The car is worth saving., Daven
, Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:16:38- Re: The car is worth saving., skibumm100
, Thu, 11 Nov 2010 06:39:22 - Re: The car is worth saving., Hux, Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:48:14
- Thanks!, Daven
, Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:39:39
- Re: The car is worth saving., rob 94 aero, Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:59:19
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