Removing Upper Front Roof Frame

Information 

Drill out the connection point on one side only. Do not damage the plate underneath.

Fig 1: Upper Front Roof Frame Component Location

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1. Roughly cut out upper and lower part of roof frame -arrows-  .
   Fig 2: Removing Upper Front Roof Frame

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2. Drill through spotwelds using a spotweld drill .

   Information 

   Drill out spotwelds A through two plate thicknesses.

   1. 2.1. Drill through spotwelds in area -A-  using a spotweld drill  .
   2. 2.2. Heat bonding areas.
   3. 2.3. Remove remaining pieces -1-  of top half of roof frame.
      Fig 3: Removing Upper Front Roof Frame

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3. Drill through spotwelds using a spotweld drill 
   1. 3.1. Remove remaining pieces of bottom half of roof frame -2-  .
      Fig 4: Removing Upper Front Roof Frame

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