Repairing the rear floor (disco)

I've removed the corroded rear floor from my disco and repaired the corroded
sections around the edge.
Thing is there was four straps/supports that were spot welded across the
floor panel, two are of a U section type whilst the remaining two are just
flat sheet about 3-4" wide.
I can't see the point of the flat pair as they dont seem to do anything!

Can anyone tell me if they have a purpose?
Looking from the back door the positions are Flat-Support-Flat-Support!

Cheers Mark

Jinx wrote:

> I've removed the corroded rear floor from my disco and repaired the corroded
> sections around the edge.
> Thing is there was four straps/supports that were spot welded across the
> floor panel, two are of a U section type whilst the remaining two are just
> flat sheet about 3-4" wide.
> I can't see the point of the flat pair as they dont seem to do anything!
>
> Can anyone tell me if they have a purpose?
> Looking from the back door the positions are Flat-Support-Flat-Support!

Probably there to stop it vibrating/developing an annoying harmonic at
certain engine revs. Also they will probably stop the panel from
"popping" when weight is applied. They were put there for a reason so
I'd put them back if I was doing the job (it's only a minor task in the
whole job).

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