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.
Summary of Contents for TACUMA
Page 1: ...BODY REPAIR MANUAL TACUMA ...
Page 9: ...GENERAL INFORMATION 1 5 BLANK ...
Page 10: ...1 6 GENERAL INFORMATION Fig 3 9 TECHNICAL ILLUSTRATION ...
Page 12: ...1 8 GENERAL INFORMATION Fig 4 ...
Page 14: ...1 10 GENERAL INFORMATION Fig 5 ...
Page 16: ...1 12 GENERAL INFORMATION Fig 6 ...
Page 89: ...BODY DIMENSION 8 3 Fig 2 1 1 UNDER BODY ...
Page 90: ...8 4 BODY DIMENSION Fig 3 1 2 FRONT FRAME ...
Page 91: ...BODY DIMENSION 8 5 Fig 4 1 3 REAR FRAME ...
Page 92: ...8 6 BODY DIMENSION Fig 5 1 4 FRONT PANEL ...
Page 93: ...BODY DIMENSION 8 7 Fig 6 1 5 ENGINE ROOM ...
Page 94: ...8 8 BODY DIMENSION Fig 7 ENGINE ROOM Continued ...
Page 95: ...BODY DIMENSION 8 9 Fig 8 ENGINE ROOM Continued ...
Page 96: ...8 10 BODY DIMENSION Fig 9 1 6 SIDE OUTER ...
Page 97: ...BODY DIMENSION 8 11 Fig 10 2 BODY WELDING DIAGRAM 2 1 FRONT PANEL UPPER ...
Page 98: ...8 12 BODY DIMENSION Fig 11 2 2 FRONT WHEEL HOUSE ...
Page 100: ...8 14 BODY DIMENSION Fig 13 2 4 DASH PANEL UPPER ...
Page 102: ...8 16 BODY DIMENSION Fig 15 DASH PANEL LOWER Continued 1 2 2 4 5 2 2 1 Arc welding Arc welding ...
Page 103: ...BODY DIMENSION 8 17 Fig 16 2 6 ROOF ...
Page 104: ...8 18 BODY DIMENSION Fig 17 2 7 BODY SIDE AND WHEEL HOUSE INNER ...
Page 105: ...BODY DIMENSION 8 19 Fig 18 2 8 REAR FRAME ...
Page 106: ...8 20 BODY DIMENSION Fig 19 2 9 TAIL GATE ...
Page 112: ...9 4 SEALING CAULKING AND DEADNER ENGINE ROOM Continued Fig 3 C A B VIEW B VIEW A VIEW C ...
Page 113: ...SEALING CAULKING AND DEADNER 9 5 ROOF Fig 4 A A RUB AFTER SEALING SECT A A ...
Page 114: ...9 6 SEALING CAULKING AND DEADNER INSIDE ROOM Fig 5 B C C A A B SECT A A SECT B B SECT C C ...
Page 116: ...9 8 SEALING CAULKING AND DEADNER HOOD Fig 7 A A A SECT A A RUB AFTER SEALING VIEW A ...
Page 119: ...SEALING CAULKING AND DEADNER 9 11 Fig 10 1 2 CAULKING ENGINE ROOM ...
Page 120: ...9 12 SEALING CAULKING AND DEADNER UNDER BODY Fig 11 ...
Page 121: ...SEALING CAULKING AND DEADNER 9 13 BACK PANEL Fig 12 ...
Page 124: ...9 16 SEALING CAULKING AND DEADNER Fig 16 UNDER BODY ...
Page 125: ...SEALING CAULKING AND DEADNER 9 17 ROOF DOOR Fig 17 ...