Bad weld on the suspension bracket
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Melting Slicks
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Bad weld on the suspension bracket
During changing my tires I took the chance to take a picture of my suspension bracket on the rear axle. In the picture you can see the upper front bracket on the left. Still remember our forum member BatMobile with that broken bracket.
Well, as you can see, mine is crap too. The upper part must have been welded by robot, it looks very good, but the lower one is a manual weld, done very bad. I will show this pic to my local dealer. I am interested how he reacts.
As I did not have time enough I did not inspect the other weldings. Will do it later!
Frederik
[Modified by C5 Frederik, 12:36 AM 5/8/2002]
Well, as you can see, mine is crap too. The upper part must have been welded by robot, it looks very good, but the lower one is a manual weld, done very bad. I will show this pic to my local dealer. I am interested how he reacts.
As I did not have time enough I did not inspect the other weldings. Will do it later!
Frederik
[Modified by C5 Frederik, 12:36 AM 5/8/2002]
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Re: Bad weld on the suspension bracket (C5 Frederik)
Uh - oh :eek:
This is two.
And both are out of the country. I don't know if your's is the same year as Batmobiles(?). If they are the same it would be interesting how close the Vin's are.
Hopefully this second one will get GM's attention a little more than the first one. :smash:
This is two.
And both are out of the country. I don't know if your's is the same year as Batmobiles(?). If they are the same it would be interesting how close the Vin's are.
Hopefully this second one will get GM's attention a little more than the first one. :smash:
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Re: Bad weld on the suspension bracket (jdavis)
Does anyone know what is happening with Batmobile's car?
BTW, my welds appear to be alright.
[Modified by 2manycars, 8:49 AM 5/8/2002]
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Re: Bad weld on the suspension bracket (B. Stewart)
Did you buy your car new?
What you see is what you get from factory. And I am not willing to accept this :smash:
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Re: Bad weld on the suspension bracket (Buckmaster)
I have been remiss with keeping you all updated...
Here is an update I JUST posted.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=296737
I am hoping that GM is paying good attention to this. Someone is gonna get themselves killed out there!!
FWIW...before you all claim it is an export thing...my car was purchased and titled in the US as a US Spec vehicle. Not that it makes any difference, all the frames roll down the same line and are identical.
Gonna cost GM some BIG bucks in the end to fix this, as I sense it is probably several hundred cars. The bracket/frame need to be ground back down and rewelded. The problem being that the bracket cannot come off of the car. It actually also welds on the bottom and top sides of the frame. The top side weld would be impossible to get to without taking the body off of the car.
:eek:
Neill
Here is an update I JUST posted.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=296737
I am hoping that GM is paying good attention to this. Someone is gonna get themselves killed out there!!
FWIW...before you all claim it is an export thing...my car was purchased and titled in the US as a US Spec vehicle. Not that it makes any difference, all the frames roll down the same line and are identical.
Gonna cost GM some BIG bucks in the end to fix this, as I sense it is probably several hundred cars. The bracket/frame need to be ground back down and rewelded. The problem being that the bracket cannot come off of the car. It actually also welds on the bottom and top sides of the frame. The top side weld would be impossible to get to without taking the body off of the car.
:eek:
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Re: Bad weld on the suspension bracket (lotzahp)
