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[7.62marksman]

Took it in for a service today
Brake pads shot (new ones were fitted by Toyota before i picked up the car -- NOT)
Tray mounting bracket on the Chassis broken needs to be lifted up 2 inches and a new bracket/mount welded into place

 

[Mackka]

Mate these people you are dealing with are shonks, pure and simple. Best Wishes
I thought NRMA did a full inspection for you?
Mackka

 

[reefer]

I just...un-believable....no words to describe this sort of frustration for you mate...

 

[Redfin]

I thought NRMA did a full inspection for you?
Mackka

So did I, you said booked in for early June?
Hope you get it sorted.

 

[Manpa]

Tray bracket looks recent, no sign of rust or corrosion on the fracture. I hope for your sake they come to the party.

 

[7.62marksman]

I never got it there
I got sick then covid and life in general

 

[aussiefarmer]

Tray bracket looks recent, no sign of rust or corrosion on the fracture. I hope for your sake they come to the party.

I think its been a while, the first photo shows the peice of chassis under the nut and washer its broken edge is grey , the shiny bit is the tray lug which has been bouncing up and down rubbing on chassis.

 

[Manpa]

Tray bracket looks recent, no sign of rust or corrosion on the fracture. I hope for your sake they come to the party.

I think its been a while, the first photo shows the peice of chassis under the nut and washer its broken edge is grey , the shiny bit is the tray lug which has been bouncing up and down rubbing on chassis.

Just as well I dont work in forensics. layful:

 

[Redfin]

Good lesson for everyone who has been following this thread.
Get an independent check done by a reputable source before purchasing.

 

[aussiefarmer]

Tray mounts brake commonly, it beats me why they don't put a piece of flat steel 100mm long and the width of the chassis instead of a little flat washer under the nut as most are on the tip of the chassis like marksmans.
As soon as you lift a rear wheel the tray try's to hold the chassis flat and chassis are made to flex so all that pressure is only spread the size of that washer.

 

[LONEWOLF]

Your airbag ling wont last too long there as well... Rubbing on the bolt...

LW...

 

[aussiefarmer]

The white lug the bolt runs through could be remade with something wider and longer to spread the down force aswell as putting a flat bar washer under the nut for the up load.
Plenty of ways of doing it, had similar things happen on farm Ute's usually weld chassis back together and use plates, if your not keen on weld you could come off tow bar mount with heavy angle iron.

 

[7.62marksman]

Booked into a fabricator tomorrow he is going to rebuild all the mounts for me

 

[7.62marksman]

All fixed for now

 

[numpty]

the first half of that last weld is full of porosity, should be ok though.

 

[kiwifred]

the first half of that last weld is full of porosity, should be ok though.

Porosity or void fraction is a measure of the void spaces in a material, and is a fraction of the volume of voids over the total volume, between 0 and 1, or as a percentage between 0% and 100%. Strictly speaking, some tests measure the "accessible void", the total amount of void space accessible from the surface.

clear as mud

 

[aussiefarmer]

Did you do the otherside aswell ?

 

[7.62marksman]

Yes mate thats the second photo also made them 10mm higher so now the tray is level

 

[7.62marksman]

Bank acc -$1050.00
new water pump
timing belt
air con compressor (second hand)

dont think there is much more i can do to it now

 

[Jaros]

I feel sorry for you-not the car seller who should be taken to court.