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Preparing wheel housings and side members for installing and fitting

Fig 1: Preparing Wheel Housings And Side Members For Installing And Fitting
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WHEEL HOUSINGS AND SIDE MEMBERS REFERENCE (PREPARING)

No. Procedure Instructions
1 Preparing spare parts Transfer cut to the spare front wheel housings and then cut to size, -dimension X = 50 mm-A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I,-  . See Fig 1 .
Cut the spare side members to size with the body saw and then fit so that there is an offset of -dimension X = 50 mm-A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I,-  . See Fig 1 .
2 Cleaning the welding areas Remove underbody coating and paint layers, etc. from the welding areas of the body with a hot-air gun or rotary brush.
3 Fitting the side members and wheel housing in the body and fastening them on the straightening attachments. Fasten the spare inner side member on the straightening attachment for the front-axle mount or on the straightening attachments for the impact pipes (impact absorbers) and fit it in.
4 Fitting the front floor panel in the body and fastening it on the straightening attachment. See REPLACING CLOSING PANEL 
5 Fitting in front wall See REPLACING FRONT WALL 
6 Fitting in wings and front lid Fit the left and right wings and fit in the front lid.
Refer to GAP DIMENSIONS, BODY .