Battery tray does anyone make a replacement tray for a rusted out battery tray? Or do I have to fab something? |
Re: Battery tray When I got my TA the battery tray was just a bent up thin piece of steel that was help in place my sheetmetal screws...the batteries own weight would pop the screw out...I never found a replacment, made my own. You could always go to a JY and look for a good one. |
Re: Battery tray They make them.. I remeber seeing them in some restoration magazine.. |
Re: Battery tray My firebird seems to have a generic one, its metal housed in a rubbery plastic, so it wont rust, and has a million holes and cross things, so you could bolt it on any way you want. I was too lazy to find the right bolts, so its held in place with 4 zip ties, also no rust issues there. I can wrestle with it all i like, theres no play in it. |
Re: Battery tray For your info. on the uni-body Camaro the battery tray is part of the front fender support. |
Re: Battery tray Yeah that uni-body battery tray was not one of GM's better design decisions. I'm looking at the same problem, and the probable solution will be to remove what's left, clean & prep the remaining structure, then attach a generic aftermarket unit, with stainless fasteners. |
Re: Battery tray
Originally Posted by l_dis_travlr
(Post 3310298)
Yeah that uni-body battery tray was not one of GM's better design decisions. I'm looking at the same problem, and the probable solution will be to remove what's left, clean & prep the remaining structure, then attach a generic aftermarket unit, with stainless fasteners. |
Re: Battery tray :iagree: like I said before. When I got my 84 the battery tray was just a piece of thin bent steel held in place with screws...sucked. I welding in a nice piece. For that extra strength I had the local machine shop bead roll some lines in it. |
Re: Battery tray this is what i did, its a piece from summit it fit really well actually... http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...PIC00019-1.jpg |
Re: Battery tray I like that tray from summit. I need to replace my stocker soon. The only performance gain to be had would be less weight, right? If we found a lightweight yet similar strength alternative, is there any reason we couldn't do the other front corner to save even more weight? Yes, uni-body, crashworthy, yada. The factory design is akin to layered beer cans. There is a reason it's designed that way, but firming up the very front corners will be negligable in my opinion. Any weaker and the battery will fall through the car.:eek: |
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