[bigrig91]

The front strut coil over thing on my 1997 sierra broke through its housing. Whats some ideas on fixing it? will i need to re weld a new housing on or whats the go.
cheers

[lump_a_charcoal]

You mean the part where the coil over meets the body, in the engine bay?

[bigrig91]

the part in the wheel arch where the top of the strut comes through and in the engine bay you look down on top of it......

[Saam]

woo probly looks like this, plate it drill out a new hole, she'll be apples

[Saam]

and it doesn't meet the body it is still part of the chassis

[bigrig91]

thats it mate. the car is in strathpine all week can anyone reccomend someone to take it to. im a shit welder so im not doing it.

[ofr57]

i would say a 4wd fabricator in like bubs or brooksy would be able to fab something up to fix it

[bigrig91]

ok car is all fixed now, decided it would be easy to take it to pedders. Got the extended front struts put in and they welded up the housing, replaced a tie\tyre rod and wheel allignment car feels brand new. well worth the money and was done in a day so im cheering.

[Saam]

i got a new tie road end aswell !

but yeah, i hope they did not just weld up the cracks, they will flog out in no time, you need to get it reinforced to stop it happening again.

sam

[bigrig91]

thats what i said. the housing was pretty fucked so they had to cut it and plate it and he reinforced both sides and he did something else to give me double the travel...he new alot about sierras suprisingly worked out good.

[Shaunoszuk]

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he did something else to give me double the travel..

Just out of interest, what did the guy from pedders do to double your wheel travel??

Any photos??

Did he just chop the top mounts off and remount them lower on the chasis?

[jonga]

? im curious too

[steak_knife]

jonga wrote:

? im curious too

X3 !! sound dangerous