Land Rover Discovery: Body Repairs - Corrosion Protection
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Galvanic Corrosion
Galvanic corrosion is the cross-contamination of dissimilar metals, in this
case aluminium and steel. Avoidance of galvanic corrosion is an important
issue to be considered in the repair of aluminium
Partial Renewal
The procedure to follow when partially renewing components is the same as
described in the section "Welded Components".
The main difference when components are partially, rather than completely
renew
Approved Service Materials for
Repair
If any of these items are not available check with the supplier/manufacturer
of these products for a superseded equivalent.
APPROVED SERVICE MATERIAL SUPPLIER - CONTACT DETAILS
3M
3M Uni
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Rear end Sheet Metal
Repairs Spare
Wheel - Vehicles
Without - 7
Seats (G1770929)
- Installation
Installation
Dress the flanges where necessary.
Offer up the new spare wheel well and clamp into position. Check
alignment, if correct, proceed to next step, if not, rectify and
recheck before proceeding.
Drill holes where the MIG plug welds are to be installed as
indicated.
Remove the s
Opening and closing the Powered tailgate
Before operating the tailgate,
make sure anyone in the vicinity
does not have any part of their
body in a position where it could
be trapped. Note that the
'soft-close' action does not
incorporate object detection.
Death or serious injury could
occur, even with an object
detection system. While the
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