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Title: C5 Chassis Needed
Post by: Cfiver on 02, May, 2010 - 20:53:34

Took my C5 out today from the garage,with a fresh charged battery. Took a corner rather sharp and snap!!!! The chassis snapped! - Does anyone have a spare Chassis? Mine has snapped near the Y section. On closer inspection, there was little surface rust, so I do not know why it went snap - any ideas. cFIVER

Title: Re: C5 Chassis Needed
Post by: iDENTITi on 02, May, 2010 - 22:06:09

Er, get it re welded?  Seems the best option to me.

Title: Re: C5 Chassis Needed
Post by: Karl on 02, May, 2010 - 22:13:49

wow , did you hit any potholes,jump off a kerb or anything ?

I've had a chassis bend on "Dave" , and a few of the c5's I've stripped have been a bit grim but never seen one snap at the Y section.It's usually the brackets where the body mounts or the headstock that snaps off .

Might be worth you putting a piccie up in the support section to show what can happen.

Title: Re: C5 Chassis Needed
Post by: Retro Andy on 03, May, 2010 - 10:43:19

I'm getting worried about all this talk of chassis issues and those pictures Karl posted "shock horror" I have put a few pounds on recently and don't want to break mine putting under to much pressure  :'(

Retro Andy.

Title: Re: C5 Chassis Needed
Post by: aladds on 03, May, 2010 - 14:12:58

I'm more concerned about the state of the roads. There are a stupid number of potholes near me, and some of them are huge!

Title: Re: C5 Chassis Needed
Post by: PLOD11 on 03, May, 2010 - 15:30:52

Theres one local to here that a C5 would fit into and never be seen again  ....

And its in the middle of a cycle lane, local council / highways agency not interested in getting it fixed until some gets killed.

Title: Re: C5 Chassis Needed
Post by: iDENTITi on 03, May, 2010 - 15:47:12

I wouldn't be too worried about it.. Should be easily repaired (1mm steel can be welded with MIG, don't need TIG at that thickness)
If it keeps breaking then some strips of 1mm steel can be welded to brace the areas.  I'd hazard a guess that a sheet of 1mm steel welded across the two back "forks" of the chassis would aleviate most of these problems, although you'd probably lose the chassis flex as suspension.
I'm in the process of building an uprated replacement chassis for my c5 project once I get some more parts for my MIG welder...
(and yeah, there is some huge potholes around Cambridge)

Title: Re: C5 Chassis Needed
Post by: radiomarty on 03, May, 2010 - 15:52:08

Rather like this - Used a TIG :
(http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad49/radiomarty/DSC02058.jpg)

Title: Re: C5 Chassis Needed
Post by: Karl on 26, May, 2010 - 17:07:36

I now have a spare chassis up for grabs;
http://c5alive.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1159.0