Does anyone have suggestions on how to go about repairing a rusty end of one side of my rear torsion bar tube? The left side seems ok, but the right side is pretty rusty (and the inside of the tube doesn't look too bad past the end).
Left side
Right side
I've done some searching here and over at the earlyS forum (and posted the same question there), but most of what I found it for full torsion bar tube replacement (and I don't think I need that). I bought one of these sleeves from Restoration Design that slides up inside the tube (hoping that might do the trick), but it would just go in over the rusty part (and apparently would require a different size bushing since it reduces the size of the tube opening
I suppose the right answer might be to clean it up, treat it, paint it and reassemble the rear suspension, but ....
I just took it off of the octisserie (which had these ends covered up for the duration of the rest of the rust repairs), and I was thinking/hoping that I was about done with the rust repairs. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Tim