Floor Pan/Floor Brace question

[tdc_worm]

When the Floor Pans are positioned correctly (i.e. stock position) are they sit on and tack welded to the Floor Braces? Reason that I ask is that my 77 has replacement Floor Pans (the are not the factory look-alikes you can get from one of the parts warehouses) and there is a gap of about 1" between the pans and the braces. Does this compromise the integrity and/or strength of the body/floor?

 

[coupe66]

Floor

Hey Tim shoot me a picture and I can give you an idea it it looks right or not . Did you find that part for your C4? When you get it going bring it by the house and I can take a look at your floor .
Robert
Cedar Park Tx

 

[firehawk]

There should be no gap between the floor pan and the brace. I suspect the quality of the install is poor overall. Depending on the condition of your bronco it might be fine, but if you have a nice solid truck then I would redo them.

I bought my first bronco last summer and the previous owner replaced the floor pans and did not know how to weld. That and the brake booster bracket he made were worse than my worst welds ever. I chose to get the factory lookin pans and redo them myself, correctly.

So if you can live with it, leave it. Otherwise order up some new ones and have an experienced person do it right. I figure that they wont be as strong as intended without being welded to the supports.