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Inner Quarter Panel and Wheelhouse > < 501-30 Rear End Sheet Metal Repairs|Specifications

Fiesta 2002.25 (11.2001-)

Rear End Sheet Metal Repairs - Quarter Panel RH Fiesta 2002.25 (11/2001-)
Removal and Installation

Materials
Name
Specification
Quarter panel
 

Removal

  1. General Notes
    • The door and tailgate are already removed before repair work starts.
    • Required disassembly operations: Bumper, rear lamp, weatherstrip, inner trims and side window.
    • Depending on the extent of the damage, the forced air extraction gusset should also be replaced.

  1. Quarter panel
    1. Cut points.
    1. Mill out the spot welds.
    1. Grind out the spot welds.
    1. Grind down one panel thickness at the wheel arch edge.
    1. Heat the area (approx. 170° C) and release the NVH elements.

  1. Quarter panel
    • Mill out the spot welds.

Installation

NOTE:
NOTE:Before resistance spot welding of body panels with a total panel thickness of 3 mm and greater, the welding equipment instructions contained in chapter 501-25A must be followed.
  1. Quarter panel
    • Drill holes for puddle welding.

  1. Quarter panel
    1. Apply 2-component metal adhesive to the clinched flange and clinch the wheel arch flange.
    1. Apply PU glass adhesive to the NVH element.
    1. Continuous MIG weld seam.
    1. Resistance spot weld.
    1. Puddle welding.

  1. Quarter panel
    • Puddle welding.

Inner Quarter Panel and Wheelhouse > < 501-30 Rear End Sheet Metal Repairs|Specifications