Quote Originally Posted by snowtigger View Post
I've seen gearbox bolts pull out of the alloy gearbox and the engine mount shear plus snap the axle at exactly the same place, the bearings literally fell out of a broken cage.

That's piss poor penetration on those welds.
I was about to say the same thing, there's hardly any penetration on those welds..... Ohhhh errrrrr! Though i've seen photos of mounts ripped out of the chassis rail on a 1.5 before which is the other extreme!