Rear tail pan.

[jhellwig]

My 83 k5 has a rotted tail pan witch I am guessing is a common thing for blazers.

What I would like to know is should I just by the replacement peice from lmc or is there a better way to replace it? I am from Iowa so it is going to get its share of brine on it. Does anyone know of a place to get something that would be better than the regular stamped steel peice?

 

[fireplug]

Great question has anyone come up with a good solid repair. I'd prefer to do something with heavier guage metal to resist corrosion in the future. Mine is a Sub but I'm sure it's the same.

 

[jhellwig]

Something along the line of stainless would be nice. The floor and tailgate posts would also be nice to have in a better metal.

The cost of stainless would suck though.

 

[dave_90_blazer]

Something along the line of stainless would be nice. The floor and tailgate posts would also be nice to have in a better metal.

The cost of stainless would suck though.

deffinatly the tailpan and tail gate postes, mine are trashed

 

[fireplug]

This is by no means a good solution but for anyone with a beater looking to avoid pita repairs, on my last burb with a tailgate the cross member where the hinge pins were located were rusted right out. The gate would practically fall off when opened.

I had a hitch so I ran square tubing that fit snug into the ends of the hitch out a couple of inches and 90 degrees up ending in flat stock drilled to match the hinges. It worked great.

Ghetto, I know. For my current burb I want a really pro solution. It'll probably end up being heavy guage and POR15 unless someone here has some good ideas.

 

[k5freak44]

buy a welder and a cutoff wheel, then find a good sheet metal place.

 

[jhellwig]

Maybe I should just buy the peice and let my local machein shop take a crack at something.


It would be a nifty novelty if someone made one out of billet aluminum.

 

[dremu]

My 83 k5 has a rotted tail pan witch I am guessing is a common thing for blazers.

What I would like to know is should I just by the replacement peice from lmc or is there a better way to replace it? I am from Iowa so it is going to get its share of brine on it. Does anyone know of a place to get something that would be better than the regular stamped steel peice?

Do a search for JJLaughner's diamond plate monstrosity

-- A

 

[diesel4me]

carve up a bed....

I've used the tail end of an old unrusted pickup bed from the boneyard trimmed to fit,to patch a few K5's back together...they have the same "ribs" --in fact I think its the same floor only slightly different in size than a pickup...

You can buy aftermarket ones,but they are pretty wimpy...I've used galvanized 16 Ga steel too--it lasts forever,but its a bear to bend and cut,and the fumes will sicken you if you inhale them while welding or brazing it..Aluminun will cause corrosion due to electrolisis,and make it rot even faster unless its kept separated from the steel,and thats impossible where its bolted with a steel bolt(after a year or two the aluminum will have a hole bigger than the bolt head!)

 

[MarcS]

This Ebay Store has alot of material. And they will cut it to size also.

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