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Rocker covers. I'm a bad, bad boy!, The crud chronicle |
Pat Garvey |
Jan 3 2009, 09:27 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
Could have posted this elsewhere I guess, but thought it might be better served here.
In 1974, I decided that it made good sense to annually removed the rocker covers to clean out the accumulated crap that absorbs moisture & causes rust. Did so fervently until 1990 (the last time they were removed until today). My 914 has accumulated a total of less than 4k miles since 1990, being relegated to "queen" status. So, today, being bored, I pulled them. Not an easy task for an old fart in a 44 degree garage! Good thing my 914 hasn't seen water since 1974. Don't know where the crud came from, but if water had been added to the mix I'd have had a problem. Be warned guys, this accumulation can cause MAJOR problems when left to stew. Couple of screws, couple of driven out rivtets & you can be faced with ugly stuff. Pat Attached image(s) |
Tom_T |
Apr 18 2009, 01:48 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
Okay.....now I'm going to add 2 possibly dumb questions/requests to my query above.
1st - since we should be taking these suckers off occasionally to inspect/clean-out, and pop rivets are not the proper fastener in such an application - is there another acceptable small bore sheet metal screw (such as the one on my pic above at the threshold interior - which could be used in place of the rivets without degrading the 914's value? To clarify - I'm not asking about show car concours points getting "correct", since I'm not that anal & just want to restore my 73-2L in such a way that is is correct but servicable for my own use, and to maintain it at the high end of collector car value (i.e.: NOT a garage maven, but a clean & nice occasional driver). 2nd - I just crawled under to look it over & (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) do you do to remove those rockers safely without doing more damage to anything else in the bodywork!? Could somebody pleez post a step by step with proper tools needed list on "How To" - preferably with pix, or direct me to where it is already on the forums if I missed it???? I think I read that Pat drills his out or something - but before I start (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) I want some direction on how to delicately & safely undertake this task????? |
Pat Garvey |
Apr 18 2009, 08:15 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
Okay.....now I'm going to add 2 possibly dumb questions/requests to my query above. 1st - since we should be taking these suckers off occasionally to inspect/clean-out, and pop rivets are not the proper fastener in such an application - is there another acceptable small bore sheet metal screw (such as the one on my pic above at the threshold interior - which could be used in place of the rivets without degrading the 914's value? To clarify - I'm not asking about show car concours points getting "correct", since I'm not that anal & just want to restore my 73-2L in such a way that is is correct but servicable for my own use, and to maintain it at the high end of collector car value (i.e.: NOT a garage maven, but a clean & nice occasional driver). 2nd - I just crawled under to look it over & (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) do you do to remove those rockers safely without doing more damage to anything else in the bodywork!? Could somebody pleez post a step by step with proper tools needed list on "How To" - preferably with pix, or direct me to where it is already on the forums if I missed it???? I think I read that Pat drills his out or something - but before I start (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) I want some direction on how to delicately & safely undertake this task????? Ok, let's figure out what you want to do first. Do you want to remove the rocker covers first, or are you more concerned with the rivets (yes, they are available here)? Now, let's discuss my "drilling out" the rivets. This was before Tod914 saved me/us, by having the original style rivets remade. Yes, for a period of time I used metal rivets. They weren't correct & made rocker cover removal more difficult. Tod914 made that problem go away & I bought as many as he could supply for my year 914. Removing the rocker covers is pretty starightforward, if you have plastic rivets in place. Same for you, since you have screws in place (don't recommend this practice, but it's your 914). On each rocke cover, there is a rear and forward screw, with attached plasric bushing. There are two more screwd in the central part of the rocker. All of these are underneath. Remove them all & the panle will "float", yet not be ready to remove. Next, you must remove the rivets (by punching them out with a punch) or, if you have replaced them with metal rivets, drilling them out with a micro bit (so as to not damage the holes). If you're using screws, simpley removed them. The rocker cover should now be easilly removed. You'll probably get a lot of junk that falls out from behind - you know, the crud that holds moisture. Get rid of it. And, clean the whole rocker assembly of all crap and crud. You already know that your jack posts are toast. Hell, they almost look pornographic! get new jack posts & spurs & have them welded in, while you're cleaning crud. Doesn't cost all that much. After that, button it all up with new fasters & Tod's rivets. You're good to go for several years. Pat |
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