Yama-Bro's MK4 Build Thread - #9158 (Index in Post #1)

[Yama-Bro]

Here are some pictures from part 2 of our rust cleanup. We also removed the excess brackets that aren't used in the FFR kit.

I broke out the saw and lopped off the quad shock brackets...


If you have a sharp blade, the saw will go right through this things...




We smoothed out the remnants of the bracket with the grinder...


We used a wire wheel for most of the rust removal, but to get into the tight spots we used a die grinder and cup shaped wire wheel...


It turned out pretty decent. It's looking a lot better than when I brought it home.


There are a couple tight areas, that we couldn't get into, but from what I understand the POR-15 will cover it either way.





I have been planning on welding the tubes to the center section for a while. However, after talking to a few people and reading some things online, I've decided not to weld the tubes. Here's a link to a tube welding discussion I started...Here. If I end up having problems, I'll let you all know.