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No movement at all when I cut through the middle of the crossmember, thankfully. Just hoping that there hadn't been any movement when the initial collapse happened. I guess I'll know for sure when I offer up the new one.

Thanks mate, appreciate your comments. :thumbup1:

Tomorrow! :hyper::dance:

Some pictures of the offending item.

Well, after what seemed like an eternity, I managed to locate and drill out all the spot welds on the drivers side. Even the hidden one that had to be drill from the other side. Here's a couple of pictures just be for I removed the first half.

Started the long road of spot weld removal today, it's going to be a long night. Can't wait to get the rusty thing out.

Fair question Andrew, I figure that welding in the support bar is just for damage limitation really, it may move even more, I just don't know. Once the old piece is out, I will offer up the new one up and see just how much it has moved. From there I guess I will have to spread the chassis rails somehow after first removing the support.

I agree with you Mantav8, but I am going to have to compromise I'm afraid. Two reasons really, 1. I will have better access when welding, and 2. more importantly, I think it is a matter of bolting the stable door after the horse has bolted. Looking at the existing crossmember, it looks as though it has collapsed inwards already due to its weakened structure.

Cheers bud. :thumbup1::thumbup1: Hopefully I will make some serious progress tomorrow. - - - Updated - - - Simples. :lol:

Just a quick update, nothing much mind. Prepared the joints for welding and positioned the support brace, I will tack it in to place tomorrow morning. Didn't want to be worrying about burning the garage down during the night.

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Thanks for all the Birthday wishes guys. :thumbup1:

Thanks mate, I have had a great day so far. Just settling down to watch Rambo, first blood, with a couple of beers or so.

Thanks Russ. :thumbup1: Brilliant picture. :lol:

Thanks Bones28. :thumbup1: Thanks also Richie K, I will do my best. :thumbup1::pint:

Thanks for the Birthday wishes guys! :thumbup1: - - - Updated - - - Spot on Andrew. Brilliant!

Thanks mate. :thumbup1:

Tackled similar on mine, have a flick through this link. That area is covered, mid way through I think. http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/thanks-everyone.15465/

Thanks Steven, I will get the manual out. :thumbup1::thumbup1:

So, will I only need to bleed the front part of the system? not the HICAS? Having the front in the air helps I guess.

Looking at it myself, I think, what I believe to be the power steering line, will be an annoyance. Is it much of a pain to re fill and bleed the system if I decide to remove the piping? After all, I have come this far I suppose.

I just couldn't watch more that a couple of seconds. WTF?

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Thought I would roughly position my support brace today. I havn't done any weld preps to the angle iron etc' yet, just want a second set/sets of eyes to see if I have missed anything. Once its in, I would prefer not to have to re position again. Thoughts please.

I fear you may be correct, It'll be a matter of teasing the faces apart step by step. Hopefully without distorting the mating faces.