is my car bodged?

[stu3y]

today i had the rear seats down and noticed somethings been welded up, on closer inspection it seems that the welds are bolts, that hold the rear axel on? but it dosent seem to fit to well....

hard to explain, any 1 have any ideas?

 

[Daniel]

Yes, yes it is.

Why anyone would do that is a mystery.

 

[guysy]

Bodged track/show cage or something?

 

[gtrnav]

I disagree. It's not bodged. Somebody has had the rear beam off the car, and as usual, due to the crappy way Renault make the bolts captive, the heads have spun when trying to remove the nuts. Simplest solution is to weld the bolt heads.
Might have been nice to put a bit of paint on them to make it more rust resistant, though!

 

[R1XPH]

I think there should be a law against welding like a total spaz.

 

[pastieman]

I wouldn't be too worried about it... Fair enough the welds aren't the neatest but its done the job!!

This Is why you don't use air tools on certain bolts

 

[stu3y]

What I don't understand, is why is there some of the bracket sticking in to the wheel arch?

 

[Tony Hunter]

I disagree. It's not bodged. Somebody has had the rear beam off the car, and as usual, due to the crappy way Renault make the bolts captive, the heads have spun when trying to remove the nuts. Simplest solution is to weld the bolt heads.
Might have been nice to put a bit of paint on them to make it more rust resistant, though!

This.

This happened on ours, so we have now got long bolts going all the way through.

The only trouble with welding them, is that, if the rear beam is not square, then you cannot adjust it.

 

[Munson]

It might be a solution to a genuine problem but yes it is a bodge. How can it not be? Worst welding I've ever seen, and they've burnt through and left a hole in the panel!

I probably wouldn't worry too much, bt it's definitely a bit of a bodge. IMO.

 

[DannyR]

More than likely been written off a some point and bent the rear axle!

 

[stu3y]

More than likely been written off a some point and bent the rear axle!

lol, i dont think its anything like that, theres no signs of any other damage..... i just dont understand why some of the bracket sticks out in to the wheel arch at both side.... it that normal on all clios? (3rd pic)

 

[stu3y]

from the red line onwards, the rest of the bracket is visible in the wheel arch...

 

[Munson]

I wouldn't be at all surprised if that was normal TBH.

 

[Marky_]

I can confirm that is just clever Renault design.

 

[172Ben]

Does seem weird

 

[Christopher]

Knackered captive nut workaround. Nothing to worry about.

 

[Fred@BTM]

Worst welding I've ever seen, and they've burnt through and left a hole in the panel!

you should see some of the roll cages we see, unqualified people have had a go and wolloped it full of MIG

an ugly weld is normally a s**t one! (not 100% true but welding has to be pretty)