Preparing and fitting the front inner side member for installation

Fig 1: Preparing And Fitting Front Inner Side Member For Installation

Courtesy of PORSCHE OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.

FRONT INNER SIDE MEMBER PREPARING AND FITTING PROCEDURE AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLATION

No.	Procedure	Instructions
1	Cleaning the welding areas	Remove the factory-applied primer on the welding areas of the spare parts -A, B, C, D, E, F, G, X-
2	Cleaning welding and sealing areas	Remove underbody coating and paint layers, etc. from the welding areas of the body with the hot-air gun or rotary brush.
	Coat single point flange areas with zinc-rich varnish.	All single point flange areas which will not receive a body adhesive application should be coated with a zinc-rich varnish -A, B, C, D, E, F, G, X-
3	Reinforcement spot welding	Spot-weld the reinforcement -X-
4	Inserting the side member into the body	Straightening attachment -arrow-
5	Fitting web plate	Fit the web plate on the inner side member.
6	Drilling through firewall	Drill open the firewall from inside (passenger compartment) using drill bit 7 mm.