Re: [alfa] Rocker panel diagnosis?

[Jon Pike <jhpike@xxxxxxx>]

Try this:  http://www.alfaparts.net/105_115sill.htm

It seems to not be visible from parts of the site,  I found it by going 
dowlink from the roadster 105-115 link.. you see buttons with "sill 
discussion" and "floor discussion".   He has a different as well as the 
original inner sill..

Jon

Jeff Greenfield wrote:


> Jon - 
> Not quite sure what you are referring to here and I can't find the link that
> you are referring to, but ... the spider rocker panel (105/115) is made up
> of three major components: There is an inner sill, which is the piece that
> is facing the interior of the car, then there is an outer sill. The outer
> sill is what most refer to as the inner rocker since this what you see when
> you remove the outer sheet metal, (or when there are large holes inside it),
> and then there is the outer rocker which is the outer sheet metal on the
> outside of the body.
>
> A crude illustration would be the following:
>
> ( [ ] ___________[ ] )
>
> If this doesn't make sense I can see if I can find and scan an exploded view
> of the pieces in a parts book.
>
> Jeff
>
> <Something I noticed a while ago..  there was a mention of Wolf Steel,  
> who makes repro body panels for various cars,  including Alfa,  and they 
> had a cross section diagram of the rocker panel area.   
> http://www.alfaparts.net/  Look for the rocker panel discussion button..
>
> Anyway the thing that struck me was the "extra" rocker they have.  
> Normally there's the inner rocker and support making an upside down "L" 
> shape,  with the rockers rounding the outside of
> the L.. with occasional triangular gusset plates.   He has a cross  
> rocker that goes immediatly across the L,  turning it into a triangular 
> box section.  (if this dosen't make sense, look at the cross section 
> diagram) >
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