Criteria For Repairing Side Member Reinforcement

Repairs must only be carried out in the marked areas -A - with the repair boot.

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Repair areas

The side member reinforcement can only be repaired if the following criteria are met:

If deformed , the damage depth -t- is max. >Length 10 mm and the damage width -B - is max. >Length 90 mm .

Fig 1: Checking Side Member Reinforcement Damage Depth Dimension

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Damage depth and damage width

The length of a crack -L- is max. >Length 20 mm .

Fig 2: Checking Crack Length Dimension

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Crack length

The diameter of a hole -D- is max. >diameter 10 mm .

Fig 3: Checking Hole Diameter

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Hole diameter

The repair boot -1- covers the centre of the damage .

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Position of repair boot

The side member reinforcement has only one damaged area and was not already repaired on this side of the vehicle.

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Number of damaged areas

If one of these criteria is not met, the side member reinforcement must be replaced.