Rear Subframe Crack

[CeJay]

Theres a crack in the rear subframe on my car. Will post pics tomorrow if I can, just wanted to know if anyone has experienced this problem before? and what they did to fix it. It was suggested that the crack could be TIG welded. Couldn't find any topics on this when searching.

[Duncan]

no problems at all welding it up, will be as good as new.

except....these subframes are very strong and I have almost never heard of a problem with one. get them to check everything really carefully to look for other problems, bad bushes, signs of towing large loads in the past etc etc

[CeJay]

Had it welded up today, it was in one of the brackets holding the right rear lower control arm in place, all the way through on one side. Suspension shop did say they'd never seen one crack like that before.

[CeJay]

pic of the crack six months ago, now I know what to look for, 2/3rds of the way through the bracket.

shop I took the car to at the time to rebuild the rear coilovers around that time did not spot the crack , and neither did I. all fixed now.