Daewoo Tacuma: Body Repair Manual - part 5

 PREPARATIONS OF BODYWORK  2–1

SECTION 2

PREPARATIONS OF BODYWORK

CONTENTS

GENERAL DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................... 2-2

CHECKPOINTS ..................................................................................................................................... 2-3

CORRECTION OF THE DAMAGED AREA ........................................................................................ 2-4

MEASURING SYSTEMS (WITHOUT SMALL DAMAGE).................................................................. 2-5

2–2  PREPARATIONS OF BODYWORK

1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION

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Most monocoque bodies are composed as a single
unit by welding together pressed parts made of steel
plates which come in a variety of different shapes
and sizes. Each part is responsible for displaying a
certain strength and durability in order that it may
play its role in meeting the functions of the body as
a whole.

Damage to the exterior of the body can be inspected
visually, but where there has been an external impact,
it is necessary to inspect the extent of the damage. In
some cases, the deformation has spread beyond the
actual areas which were in the collision and so this has
to be inspected closely.

Unit: mm

Front wheel alignment:

-25' ± 45'

Manual steering

1°30' ± 1°

Power steering

2°45' ± 1°

Toe-in ( 2-person load )

0° ± 10'

Camber

Caster

Rear wheel alignment:

Camber

-1°40'±30'

Toe-in

(2-person load)

-10' to 40'

Fig. 1

 PREPARATIONS OF BODYWORK  2–3

2. CHECKPOINTS

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Accurate Inspection of Damaged Parts(Visual)

Seat Belts

Always replace the seat belt if:

 1. The belt material is cut, punctured, burned or in any

way damaged.

 2. The buckle or retractor does not work properly.

 3. They were being worn at the time of a collision(also

check for damage at the seat belt anchor points).

 4. Their condition is questionable.

Front Section:

  1. Is there any bending, splitting, denting or other dam-

age to the suspension and its related parts?

 2. Is there any deformation of the front panel or radia-

tor crossmember? Have any of the connected sec-
tions come apart?

  3. Are there any creases or distortion in the front wheel-

house or side frame? Have any of the connected
sections come apart?

 4. Is there any bending or twisting of the whole front

area?

 5. Is there any deformation like creases, bulges, or

dents in the front pillar, dash panel, floor, etc.?

  6. Is there any vertical twisting or misaligned clearance

in the door?

 7. Is the windshield seal broken?

  8. Is there any deformation in the vicinity of the top part

of the roof panel's center pillar?

 9. Is there any damage inside the automobile(is there

any twisting of the dash panel, or anything irregular
with the clearances or sheet-mounting parts)?

10.Is there any damage to the steering wheel? Is there

any deformation in the column and the column-
mounted parts?

11.Is there any oil or water leakage and damage to the

engine, transmission or brakes?

12.Is there any irregular noise in the gear changing

operation, engine and transmission rotation?

13.Are there any traces of contact between the engine

block and the center crossmember?

14.Is there any damage to brake or fuel lines, or wire

harnesses?

Rear Section:

 1. Is there any twisting, bulging or denting of the rear

floor any rear bolsters? Have any of the connected
sections come apart?

 2. Is there any irregular bulging or denting in the rear

fender?

  3. Is there any distortion in the rear inner panel? Is there

any bending and denting in the vicinity of the rear
pillar?

 4. Is there any distortion or creasing is the rear wheel-

house and arch sections? Have any of the connected
sections come apart?

  5. Is there anything irregular in the rear glass seal clear-

ance?

 6. Is there any twisting or misalignment of the clear-

ance of the trunk lid opening section?

  7. Is there any bending, splitting, denting or other dam-

age to the suspension and its related parts?

 8. Is there any deformation of the rear floor

crossmember, trunk floor panel and back panel?
Have any of the connected sections come apart?

Impact Beam :

Always replace the door assembly if:

1. The external force makes the impact beam of door

inner deform.

Always replace impact beam if:

2. The external force makes the impact beam of front

bumper and rear bumper deform.

2–4  PREPARATIONS OF BODYWORK

3. CORRECTION OF THE DAMAGED

AREA

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Set the frame corrector on the car body.

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The side frame is to allow reshaping by pulling it out.

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Use the horizontal pinch welds for anchoring the car.

Fig. 2

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Apply load to the damaged section and pull it
out until the section is almost restored to the
original shape.

Underbody Clamp Specifications

U-type

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U-Base

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Pro-Tec

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etc.

Frame correctors

C-type

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Korek

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Auto pole

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etc.

Standard type

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Dataliner

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Car-o-liner

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Celette

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Flex-o-liner

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etc.

UNDERBODY CLAMPS

STANDARD TYPE:

C-TYPE:

U-TYPE: