So on to the driver side. Did a lot this weekend. 1st on the agenda is to get it all apart. Take the outer cab corner out so I can get to the inner corner.

I trimmed the outer panel close to the size I wanted. It's always easier to trim the panel again then to try and put some back on.


I used the trimmed panel to mark out how much to remove, then remove a smaller section. Again it's better to take baby steps I didn't want to screw up.


With enough room to get to every thing I drilled out all of the spot welds. kind of a pain, I spent a lot of time with my hammer and a cold chisel getting the inner panel out. I figure it would be a better template to build off of.

I didn't make any cuts on this one. I figured I would work it out and I think this side came out better. I flattens some of the profile and put my fist bend in.


Now its time to decide how much of the bend to leave. So I went ahead and fit the outer panel to the actual size before I went any further. With the outer fitting nice I trimmed the inner and screwed it in place.


Next thing was to mark out where the rosette welds would be. Tried to put them in places that I could weld. Now it was time to prep for the install. Any place that would not be accessible was primed with weld thru primer or coated with OSPHO.


With the Inner Panel welded in it was time to step back and look at things.

 

Great work, Brian! This is going to save a lot of guy's bacon, not having a remanned inner corner available!

 

2X Nukeford's comments! When you get this finished, we have to post this thread as a stickie note!!!

 

Ingenious idea, thanks for sharing this!!!

Pat

 

So I just finished up. I picked up some seam sealer and hit the areas along the top edge and anywhere that wasn't sealed. Note seam sealer not to be use over self-etching primer. I read the instructions. I needed a magnifying glass. I prepped the area to be sealed with primer. Cleaned the perimeter where the inner and outer will be welded together with weld-thru primer. Then hit the areas that will see no heat with paint.After all is done I will be using fluid film between panels and in any gap I can find.

Seam sealed.


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