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22-10. AMBULANCE EXTERIOR BODY REPAIR (Cont'd)
h. Left Rear Side Corner body Panel Repair
1.
Remove door weatherstrip (TM 9-2320-280-20).
2.
Remove left rear door assembly (TM 9-2320-280-20).
3.
Remove rear hinge assemblies (TM 9-2320-280-20).
4.
Remove left rear lower/upper body panel (para. f).
5.
Scribe two lines (3) centered over seventeen rivets (4) and (5) on rear side corner body panel (2).
Extend
scribed lines (3) a minimum of 1.00-in. onto body panels (1).
6.
Using a 0.125-in. (3.175 mm) drill, remove seven rivets (4) from rear side corner body panel (2) and
body panels (1).
7.
Using a 0.187-in. (4.75 mm) drill, remove ten rivets (5) from rear side corner body panel (2) and body
panels (1).
NOTE
Five rivets that secure rear side corner body panel to vertical support braces are
not visible because they are covered by body panels.
8.
Separate body panel (1) from rear side corner body panel (2).
9.
Scribe five lines (8) onto exterior side of body panels (1); center punch hole (7) locations.
10.
Drill five 0.125-in. (3.175 mm) diameter pilot holes (7) through body panel (1) marked in step 9.
11.
Using a 0.187-in. (4.75 mm) diameter drill, remove five rivets (6) marked in steps 9 and 10.
12.
Remove rear side comer body panel (2).
13.
Remove adhesive residue and clean body panels (1). Do not remove scribed lines (3) and (8) marked
in steps 5 and 9.
14.
Using rear side corner body panel (2), locate, mark, and drill eight 0.187-in. (4.75 mm) diameter holes
(10) in rear side comer body panel (2).
15.
Apply approximately 0.125-in. (3.175 mm) thickness of silaprene adhesive sealant to two
reinforcement assemblies (9) and rear side corner body panel (2).
16.
Install two reinforcement assemblies (9) on rear side comer body panel (2) with two existing rear hinge
assemblies (14), eight washers (12), and screws (13).
17.
Using holes (10) drilled in step 14 on rear side comer body panel (2) as templates, drill eight 0.187-in.
diameter holes (10) through two reinforcement assemblies (9).
18.
Secure rear side comer body panel (2) and two reinforcement assemblies (9) together with eight
rivets (11).
19.
Remove eight screws (13), washers (12) and two rear hinge assemblies (14).
20.
Position rear side comer body panel (2) to body panels (1) and transfer scribed lines (3) and (8) marked
in steps 5 and 9. Remove rear side body panel (2).
21.
Using scribed lines (8) marked in step 20, drill seven 0.125-in. diameter holes (7) in rear side corner
body panel (2).
22.
Using scribed lines (3) marked in step 20, drill twenty-two 0.187-in. diameter holes (18) in rear side
comer body panel (2).
23.
Apply approximately 0.125-in. (3.175 mm) thickness of adhesive sealant to rear side corner body
panel (2) and body panels (1).
24.
Install rear side corner body panel (2) on body panels (1) with five rivets (15), and seventeen rivets (16)
and (17).
25.
Install left rear lower/upper body panel (para. C).
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