How to remove the rear floor panel mk5 swb

[vanmanloki]

Ok folks I got one for you, how to remove the rear floor panel in my mk5 swb. I'm replacing the rear floor with a new panel,
Is it spot welded in as well as sealed in?

[stalwart]

Mostly spot welded all along the chassis rails and out riggers you might find a seam weld along the wheel arches an 8mm spot weld drill bit will do you.

[vanmanloki]

Thanks, that doesn't sound to bad, I should be able to tackle that ok. I'll start at it on monday and let you know how I get on

[AlanN]

For the amount of spots you'll have to drill out, your gonna need a few spot drills you'll have to cut some space to get to the flanges

[vanmanloki]

sounds like i'm gonna have to cut few pieces out of the floor with the grinder as well a bit of drilling a bit of cutting? should be fun

[AlanN]

youll need some rust treatment, zinc spray or rustoleum for the insides of you chassic rails too, be prepared for some more supprises once its out

[vanmanloki]

i know on one hand i'm worried about what i'm gonna find, but on the other glad i'm going to have the chance to fix it all. and maybe give the van another 9 lives

i suppose the best way to clean all the chassis rails once floor is off would be having it shot blasted, then repair any damage areas and then zinc coat it?
but failing that would a grinder with a good wire brush attachment be the next best thing?

[AlanN]

We'll be watching to see how you get on, so plenty of piccies of your progress

[Mr RVM]

Busy doin one now if your floor was bad in the rear corners then you'll probably find that the outriggers underneath that area will be shot and then the spring hangers might need a bit of work too on the main chassis rails, the worst bits will be the area around the bump stop directly above the axle the rot forms between the rail and the reinforcement fitted inside at that point, this one seemed solid though a bit rough looking so i hit it harder with the hammer and it came away so this is being cut out and replaced with a good section from another van (the section a bit further forward of the problem always seems to be in much better nick) its not exactly the same shape as above the axle the chassis rail narrows slightly but as i'm raising the height of the van anyway by making deeper rear spring hangers it wont matter too much also had to fabricate new lower panel inners (hope that makes sense) the bit behind the bottom of wheel arch and rear crossmember inner panel (again i'm using the outer from another van cut out big and trim off surplus to be left with nice panel had it blasted and primed, now ready to refit should look good when its finshed and will last for years

[RonTransitmk5]

We'll be watching to see how you get on, so plenty of piccies of your progress

I'd be watching for the pics too

[vanmanloki]

Busy doin one now if your floor was bad in the rear corners then you'll probably find that the outriggers underneath that area will be shot and then the spring hangers might need a bit of work too on the main chassis rails, the worst bits will be the area around the bump stop directly above the axle the rot forms between the rail and the reinforcement fitted inside at that point, this one seemed solid though a bit rough looking so i hit it harder with the hammer and it came away so this is being cut out and replaced with a good section from another van (the section a bit further forward of the problem always seems to be in much better nick) its not exactly the same shape as above the axle the chassis rail narrows slightly but as i'm raising the height of the van anyway by making deeper rear spring hangers it wont matter too much also had to fabricate new lower panel inners (hope that makes sense) the bit behind the bottom of wheel arch and rear crossmember inner panel (again i'm using the outer from another van cut out big and trim off surplus to be left with nice panel had it blasted and primed, now ready to refit should look good when its finshed and will last for years

after reading that i'm just seeing £££££ signs lot of them ouch well you have give me lots of areas to check, and not just with my eyes I'll be bringing a hammer to the party I'll want to make sure its solid before i put that floor panel on, its going to hurt my wallet but needs must

[vanmanloki]

don't worry guys i'm going to put lots of pics up, so hopefully people can see what to do in the future should they decide to take on the task themselves, or what not to do lol

[MinorMatt]

Normally you just grip hold of it and pull

[vanmanloki]

the floor in mine is almost rotten enough to do that with

[Steve B]

the floor in mine is almost rotten enough to do that with

You`ve got a floor ? wish I did