2003 plate terrano Lwb with twisted chasis

[samki]

I no of a 2003 terrano Len with very low mileage and top spec model that I would be able to buy cheap however it's cheap as the chassis is twisted I no it's a lot of work to replace the chassis but I am reasonably competent and have access to a garage with ramps and tools but is it financially viable to do or will it just turn in to a money pit if any one has any advice or has experience of changing a chassis would be great to hear your opinions

Thanks in advance sorry if it's posted in the wrong place

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[Banshee]

If the chassis is twisted you can bet you're life that there will be other stuff wrong with it too, then don't forget it will have to go of to VOSA to have another ticket stuck on it and be approved as road legal!!!

 

[rustic]

I guess it depends if it's a torsional twist, in which case, so the body is twisted.
If the chassis has been impacted such that it is no longer rectangular, again so is body.
So I guess first of all, depends if it's only a few mm, :augie or several cms.

I wouldn't want my family to be driving the finished product, or a passenger in a repaired vehicle like this.

Edit:- Sorry, excuse my manners, welcome to the forum, as this is your first post.

 

[jims-terrano]

Welcome to the forum.

Sorry but only buy it for spares to fit to another vehicle.

If the chassis is twisted then the body must be shot too. There will be some nice bits to remove may be but be careful what to use again.

 

[samki]

Ok thanks for the info the twist in the chassis was caused due to some bad welding that was done at a back street garage door if am honest I wasn't expecting it to be much use other than for parts

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[Banshee]

Ok thanks for the info the twist in the chassis was caused due to some bad welding that was done at a back street garage door if am honest I wasn't expecting it to be much use other than for parts

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Get some pictures up of the car and the damage :thumb2

 

[makeitfit]

How cheap is it ? What's the consequence of this bad welding / twist thing ?
It may be easier to correct the disney welding :nenau
I bent my chassis years ago after an over exuberant manouver :augie
In my case I just re-aligned stuff and put up with a kinky chassis :lol

 

[samki]

It belongs to a close family member they have owned it since it was 3 years old and has been well looked after until the welding happened it has been sat unused for the last 2 years after finding out about the welding issue but has been started and moved regularly to stop things seizing up will get some pictures as soon as I can and try and find out some more details

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[samki]

Got a few more details on the teranno it failed the MOT due to allignment issues had a replacement torsion bar that didn't help so was then advised that there was a twist in the chassis caused by some previous welding and that is how it was left I no the garage who inspected it and they don't have a very good reputation am going to pop over and have a look at it tomorrow and get some pictures

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[Banshee]

Got a few more details on the teranno it failed the MOT due to allignment issues had a replacement torsion bar that didn't help so was then advised that there was a twist in the chassis caused by some previous welding and that is how it was left I no the garage who inspected it and they don't have a very good reputation am going to pop over and have a look at it tomorrow and get some pictures

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Sounds like a sensible option to me matey

You may be onto a winner here buddy, but just as equally this could be an utter money pit

 

[solarman216]

find it hard to understand how "welding" will cause a twisted chassis unless the chassis was in a really bad way rot wise and it was welded on the twist, but think that highly unlikely, but you never know, Rick

 

[samki]

Yes does seem very odd and has been in the family since it was only a few years old and has never been a problem with MOT and has never been in an accident in that neither has it been used off road it a mainly just been used for trips to the shop and getting to and from work seems very odd that would be anything to reason why it has twisted other than the welding although from what I remember last time I saw it (a year or so before it was reported as having a twist) it was very clean and tidy and rust free underneath as well I remember as I did a service on it

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[Koops]

I would be glad if I only had to replace the chassis...

 

[Banshee]

I would be glad if I only had to replace the chassis...

Very true, there are so many with rotten body's!!!!!

 

[AlexD333]

Unless a garage smashed it and repaired it on the quiet

heard of it happening before!

 

[samki]

Finally got round to having a look at the terrano yesterday seems as if it's not a twisted chassis as I was first told it's more of suspension geometry issue

as picture shows wheel is been pulled inwards

The bracket connecting the wishbone to the chassis broke which was replaced by a dodgy garage who then for whatever reason have moved the connecting bracket on the chassis and shortened the long rod that runs down the body next few pictures will explain

What am thinking is I know of a good welder/fabricater so if I can get him to get the bracket positioned exactly where it should and then replace the long rod will this cure the issue ?

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[rustic]

There is a lot of chassis information in the service manual, however as you are not yet a member, that will not be available to you.
If you are aiming to keep the vehicle, then I suggest you pay your £10 as many recent newly paid members might confirm, as other information is available to you, in order to keep these normally great trucks on tbe road, for as long as possible, and at the lowest cost of repair:thumb2

A way forward, might be a cut and shut for that part of the chassis, normally that part of the chassis is usually sound. There are plenty of scrappers on this forum that have become donors, but you will need someone who can weld to the correct standard.

What is the other side like?
It looks as though it has been in contact with sea water...

Best regards,
Rustic

 

[samki]

The other side is aligned fine and it has lived on the coast from new if it was to be fixable I would completely smother it in underseal

If I was to have the chassis cut and shut as you say would it be safe and legal as I no of fabrication and welding company that could do the work just want for it to be safe afterwards

At the minute trying to decide weather the truck is worth saving if it is then I will definitely pay and join the forum

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[elty001]

Looking at the pictures it's looks like the torsion bar (the long rod)which is the spring for the front suspension has been welded one end so that definitely needs replacing.
They are prone for rotting around the lower compression rod mount on the chassis.
Again it's not a hard job to repair it correctly.
What is the cross member across the rear of the gearbox like?has this had a repair also,hard to tell in the pictures.

 

[samki]

Yes the torsion bar is what they said they had cut down and welded up for whatever reason replacing that isn't particularly my main concern it's more the mounting point on the chassis that is of concern to me as to weather it is fixable

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