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Makes 🢒 GMC_Truck 🢒 2000 🢒 Yukon - 4WD 🢒 Body and Accessories 🢒 Collision Repair 🢒 Rocker Panel Replacement

Removal Procedure

    Object Number: 674997 Size: MH
  1. Remove all related panels and components.
  2. Restore as much of the damage as possible to factory specifications.
  3. Note the location and remove the following as necessary:
    4. • The sealers and the refinish materials
    • The sound deadening materials
    • The anti-corrosion materials
  4. Perform additional sectioning procedures as necessary. Refer to Outer Door Frame Sectioning - Windshield Pillar Rear Pillar Sectioning Center Pillar Replacement Front Hinge Pillar Sectioning General Door Frame Opening Sectioning

    5. Important: Do not damage the inner panels or reinforcements.

  5. Cut the pillar in the locations where sectioning is to be performed.
  6. Locate and drill out all factory welds. Note the number and location of the welds for installation of the service part.
  7. Remove the damaged pillar section.

Installation Procedure

    Object Number: 671211 Size: SH
  1. Cut the replacement rocker panel in corresponding locations to fit the remaining original panel. The sectioning (1) joint should be trimmed to allow a gap of one and one-half times the metal thickness at the sectioning joint.
  2. Create a 100 mm (4 in) backing plate (2) from the unused portion of the service part. Trim the backing plate as necessary to fit behind the sectioning joint.
  3. Perform additional sectioning procedures as necessary. Refer to Outer Door Frame Sectioning - Windshield Pillar Rear Pillar Sectioning Center Pillar Replacement Front Hinge Pillar Sectioning General Door Frame Opening Sectioning
  4. Drill 8 mm (5/16 in) plug weld holes along the sectioning cut on the remaining original part. Locate these holes approximately 25 mm (1 in) from the edge and spaced 40 mm (1 ½ in) apart.

    5. Caution: Foam sound deadeners must be removed from areas within 152.4 mm (6 in) of where flame is to be used for body repairs. When reinstalling foam sound deadeners, avoid inhaling fumes as bodily injury may result.

    Important: In any area damaged beyond recognition, space plug weld holes every 40 mm (1 ½ in) apart.

  5. Drill 8 mm (5/16 in) plug weld holes in the service panel as necessary in the locations noted from the original panel and along the sectioning cut.
  6. Prepare all attachment surfaces as necessary.
  7. Apply weld-through primer to all bare metal surfaces.
  8. Fit the backing plate halfway into the sectioning joint, clamp and plug weld to the vehicle.
  9. Align the rocker panel to adjacent panels using three-dimensional measuring equipment.
  10. Plug weld accordingly.
  11. To create a solid weld with minimum heat distortion, make 25 mm (1 in) stitch welds along the seam with 25 mm (1 in) gaps between them. Then, go back and complete the stitch weld.
  12. Clean and prepare all of the welded surfaces.

    13. Important: Prior to refinishing, refer to the publication GM4901M-D-2000 GM Approved Refinish Materials for recommended products. Do not combine paint systems. Refer to paint manufacturer's recommendations.

  13. Apply the following as necessary:
    14. • An approved anti-corrosion primer
    • The sound deadening materials
    • The sealers and the refinish materials
  14. Install all related panels and components.