A friend of mine has a Adelaide built 1972 lj xu1 with a rusted out battery tray.How many spot welds are in side the battery tray [inner Guard} ..Whats the best way to find the spot welds when the rust is bad.Also how Good are the Rare Spares xu1 barrey trays.
rare spares xu1 battery trays
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, Jan 20 2013 01:03 PM
how many spot welds to remove
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Posted 20 January 2013 - 01:03 PM
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Posted 20 January 2013 - 01:41 PM
I have a rare spares battery tray and it fitted perfect cant remember how i took my old tray out was some time ago
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Posted 20 January 2013 - 03:28 PM
I have a rare spares battery tray and it fitted perfect cant remember how i took my old tray out was some time ago
Gene,
pretty sure that the GTR is the same as the HQ and the xu1 is different as it's smaller for the triples
i'm pretty sure that they are not the same size ( eg the gtr has the same size as a HQ- ) when i spoke to rares they only had HQ ones which they said was the same as the GTR - just check the size Gary.
pretty sure that there is about 4 spot welds ( tacks)on the gtr " down sheet metail onto the chassis. Not sure about the spot welds onto the inner guard.
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Posted 20 January 2013 - 04:45 PM
GTR, S & SL battery trays (all the same animal) are basically the same size as HQ but are not identical to HQ.
XU1 battery tray is smaller than the GTR tray.
Spot weld wise, all I remember is there was quite a few of them.
XU1 battery tray is smaller than the GTR tray.
Spot weld wise, all I remember is there was quite a few of them.
Edited by S pack, 20 January 2013 - 04:46 PM.
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Posted 20 January 2013 - 04:47 PM
I took mine off a while ago, wasn't rusty....But here is a few pics of where the spot welds where (might be different on yours)
This bit didn't have any spot welds it was just welded down the bottum on mine
This half didn't have any either
(half closest to engine bay)
Can sorta see where the spot welds where ..
I went a bit ape with the chisel but there was six on this bit which from memory was the closest to the window
This bit didn't have any spot welds it was just welded down the bottum on mine
This half didn't have any either
(half closest to engine bay)
Can sorta see where the spot welds where ..
I went a bit ape with the chisel but there was six on this bit which from memory was the closest to the window
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Posted 20 January 2013 - 04:58 PM
Errr hamo - you weren't gentle then. how come you cut it ?
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Posted 20 January 2013 - 05:04 PM
Easier to get around it.
Yea i wasn't gentle lol Im putting the batery in the boot so yea.
Cleaned up ok in the end though!
Yea i wasn't gentle lol Im putting the batery in the boot so yea.
Cleaned up ok in the end though!
Edited by Hamo, 20 January 2013 - 05:04 PM.
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Posted 20 January 2013 - 05:25 PM
Rares battery trays are excellent but you will also need a piece of flat plate to extend from the battery tray to the chassis rail. Thats if you dont have it. The one pictured above is GTR SL etc so not cvorrect for XU1.
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Posted 20 January 2013 - 06:30 PM
Hi
Picture and dimensions of original support panel.
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Picture and dimensions of original support panel.
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Posted 20 January 2013 - 06:42 PM
And to ad,there would be no exact number on the spot welds.....they would be anywhere and everywhere.
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Posted 20 January 2013 - 06:55 PM
and the welds on support piece to chassis rail are as rough as guts
as seen in above pic
as seen in above pic
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Posted 21 January 2013 - 02:37 PM
Gene,
pretty sure that the GTR is the same as the HQ and the xu1 is different as it's smaller for the triples
i'm pretty sure that they are not the same size ( eg the gtr has the same size as a HQ- ) when i spoke to rares they only had HQ ones which they said was the same as the GTR - just check the size Gary.
pretty sure that there is about 4 spot welds ( tacks)on the gtr " down sheet metail onto the chassis. Not sure about the spot welds onto the inner guard.
I know that grant but i have triples on my gtr so i used the xu1 tray thats how i know
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