Re: HELP!@# my rocco's frame is cracked bad :( I need a clean low mileage reasonably cheap A1 shell of any sort!

[Gary Huff <scirocco86@home.com>]

Dude, you don't understand. The crack is *BAD* and the way it's split scares me, it travelled from the bottom around and up sideways towards the airbox. This car has at least 170k on the chassis and the floorpan is dented to death also. There are other stress cracks showing in paint by the strut towers too. I think it's simply time for a new chassis for my 2.0l 16v & quaife, otherwise I will end up destroying this one. I don't want to have it welded and deal with that.
	-ghuff

On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 12:45:02AM -0600, jester@westfailure.net wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Gary Huff wrote:
> 
> > neighbor can stick his knife blade into the crack!@It's in such a
> >stressful point, getting it welded won't make me feel safe. I need a
> > *CLEAN* A1 shell, running or not to throw my 16v stuff & drivetrain 
> 
> Would seem like it could be welded stronger than before if you ask
> me. Would be a good time to seam weld that area too, to avoid future
> cracks. VW spot welds every few inches, seam welding is 110% stronger.
> 
> the pickups had double wall strut towers, this could be done to a rocco as
> well i would think.
> 
> I'd either gas weld, or if electric weld, it can make a weld brittle... so
> then you can have to heat treat afterwards with a gas torch anyway.
> 
> New to this list, but if all thats wrong with your a1 is a crack that can
> barely fit a knife in and its good otherwise, i'd be interested :)
> 
> Where welding doesnt help too much is when accident damage is involved,
> when steel gets bent out & back too many times it can mess up its
> integrity. But welding a simple crack the steel around it should be still
> good. Take it to a good welder.
> 
> take care,
> 
> Steve
> 
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