More Floor!
Posted by Keegan Chaput On 2008/10/23 21:20:24
Still plugging away on the floors. The shop had a little surge of business, so the Clipper took a back seat for a while. I figured I'd post what little I've managed to get done.
I found that I needed to recreate the floor where the body mount bolts to the frame. In the sheet metal there is a depression where the bolt goes through and the floor is recessed to meet the floor brace. I ended up making a little fixture to clamp down the sheet metal so I could use the torch to heat it up and hammer out a replacement. It took a couple attempts, but I'm happy with the results.
I've got the rest of the passenger side inner and outer rocker panel removed, and I had a friend use his large sheet metal brake to make me some new inner rocker replacements. I'll have to take a pic of those once I've got them in place.
In dealing with the rusty floors and braces I realized that new body mounts will have to be installed. I found some in the Steele Rubber catalog, but the price seemed a little high for some rubber donuts. I know that many people use the polyurethane mounts and bushings because they are less likely to deform over time so I decided to make my own.
Some of you may know that my shop spray's the Rhino Lining truck bed coating with is a two part polyurethane material. I took the old rubber bushings, removed the metal washer and placed it in the bottom of a 2 inch PVC pipe cut to the desired thickness and poured in the Rhino. After it hardened (about 30 seconds) I cut the PVC and pealed it right off. What I got was a perfect new bushing with an integrated washer ready for install. I also poured the Rhino into another PVC about 10 inches tall creating a solid 2 inch diameter billet that can be placed in the chop saw or band saw and cut to any desired thickness and then center drilled to accept the bolt and washer. Way more fun than just placing an order.
More to come.
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I found that I needed to recreate the floor where the body mount bolts to the frame. In the sheet metal there is a depression where the bolt goes through and the floor is recessed to meet the floor brace. I ended up making a little fixture to clamp down the sheet metal so I could use the torch to heat it up and hammer out a replacement. It took a couple attempts, but I'm happy with the results.
I've got the rest of the passenger side inner and outer rocker panel removed, and I had a friend use his large sheet metal brake to make me some new inner rocker replacements. I'll have to take a pic of those once I've got them in place.
In dealing with the rusty floors and braces I realized that new body mounts will have to be installed. I found some in the Steele Rubber catalog, but the price seemed a little high for some rubber donuts. I know that many people use the polyurethane mounts and bushings because they are less likely to deform over time so I decided to make my own.
Some of you may know that my shop spray's the Rhino Lining truck bed coating with is a two part polyurethane material. I took the old rubber bushings, removed the metal washer and placed it in the bottom of a 2 inch PVC pipe cut to the desired thickness and poured in the Rhino. After it hardened (about 30 seconds) I cut the PVC and pealed it right off. What I got was a perfect new bushing with an integrated washer ready for install. I also poured the Rhino into another PVC about 10 inches tall creating a solid 2 inch diameter billet that can be placed in the chop saw or band saw and cut to any desired thickness and then center drilled to accept the bolt and washer. Way more fun than just placing an order.
More to come.
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