I looked through the forum and seen all the information on how to replace the pans. I havnt seen any information saying if I have to brace the vehicle in any way. The car is on jacks now and I was going to do one side at a time. I will be replacing the entire floor pan to include the seat platform. Any advice will help.

 

So long as you're replacine one side at at time and the car is steady on jackstands under the rear axle and the forward frame rails, you're fine.

 

if you are doing just pans no need to brace unless you want to , it wont hurt anything
if you go on to do torque boxes or inner rockers, YOU MUST BRACE IT, or your door will NOT fit, and the top will not function properly

its cheap to get a brand new brace from cj's
and you can sell it when your done

cj's uses a third party set up for parts, so i cant directly link it

its item number DFB at cjponyparts.com

 

I guess I should have been a little clearer. I dont have a convertible. Does that matter when changing torque boxes? I tried to remove the old floor pan and it seems that the PO at some point braised the floor pan down. So the air hammer was removing too much sheet metal. I will probably go at it with a sawzall.

 

Ok., so I am getting kinda frustrated putting in the driver side floor boards. I just ordered the rear torque box and doing some research. I have the car on stands at the front and at the rear axles, where else should I brace it before I remove the torque box. My fear would be that I remove it and the vehicle buckles. Should I be worried? Also, is it pretty easy to put in as far as following where it should be placed since I have no quide to follow?

 

I replaced the pans on my 68 coupe it wasn't on jack stands but I did one side at a time and didn't use any extra supports.

 

I did pans and front torque boxes on my 68 coupe with no added support with no problems. I also did one side at a time and everything was just fine

 

So just to be clear, having the jack stands under the rear axle and as forward as possible is enough?

 

Info please I will be tackling the job tommorow, where do I support the vehicle when repairing rear torque and floor pans, I will be doing one side at a time.