Removing Rear Wheel Housing

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

Fig 1: Rear Wheel Housing Component Location

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Installation position of rear wheel housing

Information: Make sure to leave an overlap of approx 20 mm on the wheel housing.

Information: Only make cuts in the top plate. Make sure not to damage the plate underneath when doing this.

Mark and make the required cut Distance: 20 mm
1. 1.1. Remove rear wheel housing.
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Removing rear wheel housing
Remove remaining pieces of rear wheel housing.
1. 2.1. Drill out spotwelds using spotweld drill .
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Removing remaining pieces