Removing rocker/torsion box end plates?

[ls1nova71]

So they look like they just bolt on with about a dozen or so bolts. Has anybody taken theirs off? I'm thinking if they unbolt, I can clean anything inside them out and put a good coat of POR15 on the inside. Anyone done this?
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[BlazinC5]

You will find that getting them end plates off is a pain in the butt. Soaking with some WD-40 will help. As far as getting inside there sure you can hose it out to get any garbage out. But there just isn't quite the room that it looks like in there. It's long and thin. So doing the POR15 would be pretty hard to accomplish. Best thing I can recomend is to take the end plates off and if you want to coat them with something,, Take the rocker boxes off at that point. You can look over my build thread and see how I did it. I haven't worked on it much for quite some time so I haven't put it back together yet.

[72ironmike]

Could you put POR 15 in a bug sprayer and get inside the small area ?

[ls1nova71]

I have an undercoating gun that I have a 3 foot wand I can put on it. The Blazer is almost completely rust free so I can't take the torsion boxes off. I'll take the ends off and take a look at it.
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[jaros44sr]

Originally Posted by ls1nova71

I have an undercoating gun that I have a 3 foot wand I can put on it. The Blazer is almost completely rust free so I can't take the torsion boxes off. I'll take the ends off and take a look at it.
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Give it a shot, gotta be better then doing nothing. Might need a tip that has a tight ninty degree though, to get top and bottom

Do you have a build thread?

[ls1nova71]

Originally Posted by jaros44sr

Give it a shot, gotta be better then doing nothing. Might need a tip that has a tight ninty degree though, to get top and bottom

Do you have a build thread?

The wand is made for spraying rust inhibitor in places you cant reach. It has several holes in the end and sprays a fan pattern. You just put it in and pull the trigger and slowly remove it. Makes a big mess, but better than having potential rust problems later. No build thread just yet, haven't done much to it, but probably will in the near future.