Gotrek Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 After thinking our rear springs were sagging I finally decided to take a closed look. Dissapointed to find out the gentlemen we trusted to weld some plates to strengthen our rotting frame didn't and simply painted over some seam sealer. The frame cracked at the forward fuel tank brace(panhard bar mount) and it split all the way from there to the back down the middle top and bottom and verticly at the brace. The other frame rail shows stress crack as well but not as bad. Going to have to lift the body off to fix this one... Not worth it right now in the dead of winter and no garage. So lesson learned even those you trust might screw you. at least now I've got my own welder and god willing a garage soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogdor Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 That sucks sorry to hear that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Pics!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drifter Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 sorry to hear that, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuong Nguyen Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 Totally sucks mate! Good luck with repairs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotrek Posted December 31, 2007 Author Share Posted December 31, 2007 Pics!! I'll get you some when I go wash the truck before final storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chriskaw440 Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 After thinking our rear springs were sagging I finally decided to take a closed look. Dissapointed to find out the gentlemen we trusted to weld some plates to strengthen our rotting frame didn't and simply painted over some seam sealer. The frame cracked at the forward fuel tank brace(panhard bar mount) and it split all the way from there to the back down the middle top and bottom and verticly at the brace. The other frame rail shows stress crack as well but not as bad. Going to have to lift the body off to fix this one... Not worth it right now in the dead of winter and no garage. So lesson learned even those you trust might screw you. at least now I've got my own welder and god willing a garage soon. I'll send you a carton of eggs to throw at that so-called welders house...... I've had similar experences with exhaust repair stuff.....sucks that there are bad people out there. That's why I have a bumper sticker on my ride that simply says "MEAN PEOPLE SUCK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamzan Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 (edited) Did you pay this person? Because if you did......small claims court? And chriskaw440, not at the welders house, the welder himself Edited January 1, 2008 by redfinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotrek Posted January 2, 2008 Author Share Posted January 2, 2008 Did you pay this person? Because if you did......small claims court? And chriskaw440, not at the welders house, the welder himself Yeah 200$ Not really worth the hassle. I regret not doing myself I have the skills but at the time didn't have the time or space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biosphere Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 (edited) Yeah 200$ Not really worth the hassle. I regret not doing myself I have the skills but at the time didn't have the time or space. Here are some photos of the pathfinder frame reconstruction I did. We didn't lift the body off the frame either. Just cut the entire frame out and rebuilt from there. Hey and check out my youtube page @ http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=geckoscout of my pathie offroading and stuff. See my new video pathfinder rescues jeep. BEFORE AFTER Edited January 5, 2008 by Biosphere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indomwe Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Here are some photos of the pathfinder frame reconstruction I did. We didn't lift the body off the frame either. Just cut the entire frame out and rebuilt from there.BEFORE AFTER Good job on the frame. We are doing similar to our frame as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paffphinder1989 Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 That's a bummer man, that's the one and only thing that will take down my pathy someday, rust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamzan Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Thats brents truck isn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbdm4k Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 That's a bummer man, that's the one and only thing that will take down my pathy someday, rust. You and everyone else where they use salt on the roads. o.O Had to box my frame and sadly, not a lot of welders here who know what they're doing, so it cost me $700 to have my frame reinforced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotrek Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 Great job! didn't know I could just cut out the rear rails like that. So you just cut them out fixed it and welded them back in? I'm so doing that. Truck has been parked for a few weeks now. After this cold spell is over might have to tackle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jitterymonkey Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Some before and 1 after(still not done) of my frame fix. Costing me a fortune but I'm having someone better qualified than me do it because, I was worried about the pathy going down the road straight and holding together off road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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