Steve,
Personally, would opt for blasting in isolated areas likely to be impacted by collision damage. If the f. axle was damaged enough to require severe bodged straightening, cracking may have ensued leading to attempts to grind cracks to ground zero & fill with some sort of grout. It might be possible to date fix if it can be determined that, in fact, epoxy mix was used as epoxy did not come into wide spread public usage until late 60 s mid 70 sAlso, if axle was pretzeled to such an extent that in straightening that stress cracks resulted, it may be possible that frame was deemed unsalvageable & replaced. Is correct chassis # in place on horn?
Bill
-Bill HyattSent from my iPhone
On Nov 21, 2019, at 12:33 PM, Steve S
mail@mgnuts.com [mg-tabc] mg-tabc-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
I noted a possible minor repair on the left front tip of the frame but it could be nothing. I'll be able to see better once the frame is stripped. Which begs the question...
Acid dip or media blasting for the frame?
Perhaps I'll look for another axle just in case.
- Steve Simmons, TC8975, TC9849
On 11/21/2019 7:00 AM, Bill Hyatt wrote:
Steve, Looks like a bodged lipstick coverup repair on a damaged axle. Seems to me that if damage was from a wreck that frame would be impacted too. Any sign of repaired frame damage? Doubt that visible patches are a Factory fix as car build date predates wide spread introduction & evolution of epoxies as adhesives and fillers. As patches are in high stress areas where cracks could be expected to migrate, suspect areas should be deep crack tested, radiographic/X-ray, not Magna-flux which is test for surface micro cracks/flaws.
Bill
-Bill Hyatt Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 21, 2019, at 12:30 AM, Steve S
mail@mgnuts.com [mg-tabc] mg-tabc-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
I found a few oddities with a front axle I just stripped. Due to
difficulty getting photos to show on Yahoo, I've posted them on the TABC
web site in the Discussion Forum area. Link here:
http://www.mg-tabc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1133
If anyone has any opinions on what they see, I'd love to hear from you.
Reply directly to the forum thread if you like, or here if it's easier.
- Steve Simmons, TC8975, TC9849