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> Rocker Panel Removal and Inspection, Plenty of pictures
swooshdave
post Jun 21 2014, 11:51 PM
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Ended up jacking it up so I could get at the screws with an impact driver.

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Top part of the rocker cover had rivets.

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Drilled out the rivets. Couldn't decide if I should take off the sill cover but I ended up leaving it alone.

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These proved to be my nemesis. The center one finally budged after a beating with the impact driver. On the rear screw I had to resort to a Vise Grip but broke off the head. I could never get the front one to budge.

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About 2 lbs. of dirt and debris fell out. If you wanted quicker acceleration releasing this mess would do it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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After all that this is what I found. Phew. I think it looks clean. I don't think I even need to pull the other side except to release all the dirt.

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Pop-riveted the cover back on. I have a selection of rivets and found some that worked perfectly.
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swooshdave   Rocker Panel Removal and Inspection   Jun 21 2014, 11:51 PM
Cuda911   Nice job!!. Ha! I spent today doing ...   Jun 22 2014, 12:02 AM
Mike Bellis   I found a bunch of rubber worms. They came from th...   Jun 22 2014, 12:06 AM
swooshdave   I think most owners would never think of pulling p...   Jun 22 2014, 12:40 AM
Cuda911   ^^^ That's because they don't read enough...   Jun 22 2014, 01:29 AM
Cairo94507   Hi Swooshdave- Nice work thus far but you are only...   Jun 22 2014, 07:12 AM
swooshdave   Hi Swooshdave- Nice work thus far but you are onl...   Jun 22 2014, 07:17 AM
Allan   PB blaster is a very good addition to your tool ar...   Jun 22 2014, 09:32 AM
malcolm2   SAFETY NOTE: You might want to get 4 jack stands. ...   Jun 22 2014, 09:49 AM
swooshdave   I have plenty of jack stands. There were three und...   Jun 22 2014, 10:23 AM
zambezi   Those are not 356 wheels. 356's never had 4 l...   Jun 22 2014, 08:37 PM
swooshdave   Those are not 356 wheels. 356's never had 4 ...   Jun 22 2014, 11:52 PM
cwpeden   You'll find that most of us will not represent...   Jun 23 2014, 12:46 AM
malcolm2   Those are not 356 wheels. 356's never had 4 ...   Jun 23 2014, 09:41 AM
zambezi   I don't need to see any lugs. Porsche 356 5 l...   Jun 23 2014, 08:08 PM
SirAndy   I don't think I even need to pull the other s...   Jun 23 2014, 08:15 PM
swooshdave   I don't think I even need to pull the other ...   Jun 23 2014, 08:44 PM
swooshdave   Passenger side is fighting me. Broke the head off ...   Jun 24 2014, 11:34 PM
swooshdave   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i237....   Jun 28 2014, 12:23 AM
Cuda911   Argghh!!! I was happy that 5 of the 6 ...   Jun 28 2014, 12:31 AM
swooshdave   I get my stuff from Tacoma Screw. They are awesome...   Jun 28 2014, 12:41 AM
swooshdave   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i237....   Jun 29 2014, 11:13 AM
swooshdave   Took another crack at it today. I'm about to g...   Jun 29 2014, 05:19 PM


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