Rear diagonal rigger

[Benc]

Going to have to make a chassis repair, axle and tank are out already. If I need to remove the rear diagonal rigger one side do I need to brace anything?

Cheers

Ben

[peter freeman]

Not really as you are unlikely to be out driving in the car but when my diagonals failed I replaced them with tubes - gets rid of the water traps in the U sections

[greeny]

Or if your worried stick a lump of wood to wedge it up until it's welded.

[scmarf]

I've got to do this on both sides of the SE5a. I don't anticipate bracing anything. The things they connect (main chassis rail to rear tube) are (should be !!!) very substantial. I doubt that the ones on our SE5a have been doing any bracing for some years. They seem to be providing a framework for filler and underseal at the moment

[Benc]

Cheers for the replies chaps, grinder has removed the old repair and cut a nice hole to weld in some new metal.