 Floor pan repair question, To drill the spot welds or not |
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| Bartlett 914 |
 Jan 13 2007, 08:44 AM
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I am in the process of replacing the floor pans. I have the car on a rotissiere. I can drill out the spot welds with my Blair spot weld cutter. This is still a lot of work and my elbow is protesting. What if I were to cut the pans out but leaving the strips of metal where the spot welds are and weld the pans ofer the top. Is this ill advised? My thoughts were to save time and maybe more metal is better. Less chance of weaking the long with welding heat.
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| Bartlett 914 |
Jan 14 2007, 01:48 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,216 Joined: 30-August 05 From: South Elgin IL Member No.: 4,707 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I have been busy removing the pans. I am making pretty good progress. I am glad I decide to remove the metal. The rust between the spots is not real bad but it is there. This would have been a weak link. I'm not using the Blair tool. I am using a 4" cuttoff wheel in my angle grinder. I cut on both sides of the spot. This weakens the metal between the welds and allows that material to snap out. I use the same wheel on the spot. I watch the color to see where the metal is getting thin and the spot weld remains (as was suggested here). Your inputs were helpful. Thanks
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Bartlett 914 Floor pan repair question Jan 13 2007, 08:44 AM
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Thats a great pic of the center tunnel contents.
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