On stripping down it's easy to see how knackered the offside bearing was at least, the "good" nearside tube is also Brinelled on it's underside. The only surprise here is how little play could be felt with the beam on the car, the offside inner bearing is completely ground into dust & the tube itself is very heavily corroded. I'll try & get some pics up later as it's shocking that the car drove as well as it did like this!
Now I'm off out to give the "new" beam a good clean up & lick of paint, pull the rear arch liners out & remove all the debris from behind them while access is good and do any small repairs/undersealing that needs done. Also going to have the beam lowered a bit when it goes back together as that's what the better half wants & who am I to argue? Personally I think it'll look strange while it's still on 14" wheels but alloys are on the shopping list when the tyres are finished with. (also going to either fit lowering springs to the front, or some coilovers I spotted on ebay which look the business).
Anyway, that's me for now. Off to sweat it out in the sun now, at least the underseal will go on nicely in this heat lol.
