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8.1.2 Replacement parts
Plenum chamber cross member
Front cross panel
8.1.3 Welding in
Preparing new parts
– Produce punch rivet holes, ∅ 8.5 mm .
– Match up new parts to body.
– Prepare flanges on body and new parts for welding.
– Insert cross member.
– Weld cross member to strut holder on left and right, SG con‐
tinuous seam.
– Weld cross member to plenum chamber, SG plug weld seam
(as substitute for punch rivets).
– Weld cross member to plenum chamber, SG continuous
seam.
– Fit cross panel.
– Weld cross panel to strut holder on left and right, SG continu‐
ous seam.
– Weld cross panel to cross member, SG continuous seam.
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