Replacing Body Panels; General Instructions For The Repair; Introduction - Fiat Brava Service Manual

Bodywork
Replacing body panels
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INTRODUCTION
General instructions for the repair
For safety reasons and for a better quality repair, it is forbidden:
- To replace a side member, half block or block, without using a repair bench. The use of the bench
makes it possible to ensure the restructuring of the vehicles with the original manufacturing distances,
ensuring the correct positioning of the elements of both the front section and the rear section.
- Cut and weld any element of the bodywork and its reinforcement, edge to edge, along the same line
(see figure 1).
- Heat the side members for straightening.
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When carried out correctly the operation will involve an excess of several centimetres between the two
cutting lines in order to distribute the points created by welding (see figure 2).
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