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Found this interesting recall kit on eBay. its for bolting the frame rails to the floor pans on all 1992 and some 93 Daytonas. I was just doing some sheet metal repair having to remove some spots welds and I noticed some pulled apart far too easy some were not even fused with the underlying metal.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/92-93-Dodge...VQ43j3&vxp=mtr
Does that mean US spec cars did not get a safety recall for that?
Wow. That is very interesting. I've never heard of that before. Perhaps that's why the earlier cars crack the firewall too?
That recall has come up a few times over the years, all the cars were supposed to have it done.Quote:
Originally Posted by wheming
We used repair faulty spot welds in the body shop all the time in the 1990's. Chrysler strut towers were common.
never once have I seen a bolted rail. guess its time to start bolting our welds together.Quote:
Originally Posted by 135sohc
bad or missing spot welds in a mopar is really really old news as this issue has existed since they went to unibody construction years and years ago
I have a friend with extensive mopar restoration experience and he's told me of cars that had the entire length of the bottom quarter panel seams left unwelded and wheel tubs not welded to the quarter etc
also don't underestimate the strength of well placed , large pop riviets
when doing the patch job in the floors of my first 86 daytona I probably had 75 or so rivets in the passenger side floor attaching the patch to the surrounding good floor frame rail and the rocker/door post
that car had no rebar when I drove it into the side of a ford areostar at about 35-40 mph
hitting on an angle all the force of the accident was transferred to the passenger side frame rail which shifted rearwards into the car 3-4 inches - the entire length of the frame rail moved back under the pass side seat
and it took the rest of the floor pan with it pulling & streaching everything backwards with the framerail
none of the riviets pulled out - non of them even came loose