I've read quite a few of the threads in here about rear spring hangers - enough of them to know that I've got away quite lightly with my traveller. It hasn't ever been patched in this area, so it's pretty 'honest'.
In the top pic below, you can see that the inner wing is holed just behind the upper bolt, and there's another small hole about 8 inches in front of that on the lower edge of the inner wing. In the lower pic, the underseal has clearly done a good job of letting moisture in, although as far as I can tell, the rust is all surface and there aren't any holes. I've had an endoscope down the chassis leg and it looks very clean inside.
The bootwell floor is clearly shot, and the rear edge of the inner wing will also need some new metal letting in.
![Image](http://i1096.photobucket.com/albums/g338/gheebhow/Spring%20hanger.jpg)
Assuming the rust isn't worse than it appears in the photos, what do you think my options for repairing are? I suppose the obvious one is to get the spring hanger repair section and just use, say, the back third of it if the rest of the metal is OK. Are there others I should think about?
And what is that sticky up part with the hole cut out of it actually for? I've often wondered that...
Thanks for any advice,
Neil