- Scribe cut on floor (1) and cut (area A).
Do not cut too deeply. Otherwise the components below can be damaged and weakened.
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- Expose spot welds on floor (1) and cut out (areas B, C, D, E and F).
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- Expose spot welds on floor (1) and cut out (areas G, H, J and K).
Cut out spot welds through two panel thicknesses (area G).
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- Heat floor (1) in crosshatched area with heat gun.
Cross-hatched area is bonded.
- Remove damaged floor (1).
- Remove floor section (1) in area of rear floor.
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- Grind mating surfaces down to bare metal in the crosshatched areas.
Grind spot weld flanges down to bare metal on both sides.
- Remove shavings and drill chips.
- Coat insides of spot weld flanges with zinc dust paint.
Do not apply zinc dust paint to bonding surfaces. Otherwise adhesion problems may occur.
Observe pretreatment of bonding surfaces.
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