What I did with my Rover 75/MG ZT today? - Page 1260

Maxfly · 24th April 2021, 00:22

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Originally Posted by bsafly

Has the top arm in the first picture had a plate welded on as a repair?

Afraid so, done prior to me getting it. Before the mot I knew they were ropey but had hoped to get advisories to get me by till dmgrs had their arms delivered unfortunately as you can see, quite reasonably it failed so put it off the road till the arms were delivered. For the pic with the welded arm, I gave it a few more hits with the hammer to see how many more holes I could make but regardless they were both rattling with lumps of rust.

bsafly · 24th April 2021, 10:02

Welding of any suspension component shouldn't be allowed, if it's rusty enough to require welding it is structurally compromised, slapping a plate over it doesn't improve it, just hides the evidence - may as well be newspaper and filler, not acceptable in my opinion.

Maxfly · 24th April 2021, 11:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by bsafly

Welding of any suspension component shouldn't be allowed, if it's rusty enough to require welding it is structurally compromised, slapping a plate over it doesn't improve it, just hides the evidence - may as well be newspaper and filler, not acceptable in my opinion.

Yep it certainly wasn’t pretty, looks like it was done a wee while ago...hard to tell tho

Arctic · 24th April 2021, 11:39

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Originally Posted by Maxfly

Today was the day to fit my new dmgrs rear upper arms that arrived yesterday. Really impressed with the quality and the job went alright as I doused everything in plus gas a month or so ago.I can now get another mot booked and everything should be good now

Hi Gary.
They certainly needed changing, do you have any other photos of the new arms from DMGRS to post up so we can take a nice look at them, or perhaps they will post up a few them selves. cheers Arctic.

Maxfly · 24th April 2021, 12:39

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Originally Posted by Arctic

Hi Gary.
They certainly needed changing, do you have any other photos of the new arms from DMGRS to post up so we can take a nice look at them, or perhaps they will post up a few them selves. cheers Arctic.

Yep, pretty crusty eh, sounded great when I shook them too lol!
Unfortunately I didn’t take any details pictures Steve, the only ones I have are below now. The only ‘mod’ I had to do was trim the bracket for the headlamp leveller, I think due to the beefier eyelets!?! But that was no hassle

GaryGee · 24th April 2021, 20:43

New dust covers and bump stops on front struts
What a pain when pinch bolt won’t come out

madeupname · 24th April 2021, 21:01

Took Mo for her first decent run since last March. Went to Manchester to pick up 4 unused Y spoke rims. Just one slight scratchy bit to sort out and they'll be pristine.
I wanted a long run to make sure Trikeys advice about cleaning the crank position sensor really had sorted out her lurching.
Happy to report she behaved herself all the way there and back.
Snake pass is great on a sunny day too

Thanks again Andy

trikey · 24th April 2021, 21:10

Weirdly I did the same with my crank sensor today too, I thought i would reseat it seeing as i was changing the starter motor (The original had got a tad lazy, at 254k it needed a little refresh)

Mike Noc · 24th April 2021, 22:44

Fitted a new NSF disc shield because the old one rusted through and fell off.

trikey · 25th April 2021, 17:35

Cleaned out all four sunroof tubes on the Dorchester, modified the fronts so they won’t need doing again and sealed the rear ones with a smear of silicone.

Let’s see what this weeks rain brings!!

24th April 2021, 21:01	#12597
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trikey Premium Trader Rover 75 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 33,763 Thanks: 8,837 Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts	Weirdly I did the same with my crank sensor today too, I thought i would reseat it seeing as i was changing the starter motor (The original had got a tad lazy, at 254k it needed a little refresh) __________________ Lest we forget..

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trikey Premium Trader Rover 75 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 33,763 Thanks: 8,837 Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts	Cleaned out all four sunroof tubes on the Dorchester, modified the fronts so they won’t need doing again and sealed the rear ones with a smear of silicone. Let’s see what this weeks rain brings!! __________________ Lest we forget..

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24th April 2021, 10:02	#12592
bsafly Just going about! Rover 75 CDTi Connie SE Tourer starlight silver and serpents. MG ZT-T 190+ in Raven Black. Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Great Leighs Posts: 468 Thanks: 626 Thanked 167 Times in 110 Posts	Welding of any suspension component shouldn't be allowed, if it's rusty enough to require welding it is structurally compromised, slapping a plate over it doesn't improve it, just hides the evidence - may as well be newspaper and filler, not acceptable in my opinion.

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GaryGee Avid contributor MG ZT-T Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: Crewe Posts: 102 Thanks: 9 Thanked 47 Times in 36 Posts	New dust covers and bump stops on front struts What a pain when pinch bolt won’t come out

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Mike Noc This is my second home Rover 75 CDT Manual Connoisseur SE, Rover 75 CDT Automatic Connoisseur SE & a Freelander Td4. Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,547 Thanks: 3,470 Thanked 3,119 Times in 2,247 Posts	Fitted a new NSF disc shield because the old one rusted through and fell off.