Tie rod bolt bent from the factory?

[Trigganometry]

heres a quizzical question....might be nothing though

whats the mechanic hiding by putting his hand there?
its not like anyone needed a backdrop to see that this part was buggered?
he coulda took the pic from the other side of the room and we would have seen the bend....

He’s implying he will need a left handed hammer to fix it!

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[awd.nv]

Shady isn’t a word I would use to describe this dealership at all.. I’ve purchased (2)2019 mustangs and now this tremor in the last 3 years from this place…
The custom shop is directly tied to the dealership and he never got as far as taking the wheel off when he discovered this and immediately contacted me and the sales rep… ??‍

Oh then I am sure they will take care of you. Clearly no way this could have been done by you. They should replace because in the future, it will only cost you extra for any repair that requires that tie rod to come out.

If I were the tech having to remove that, I would probably hammer it back to be close to straight, then cut the threads off as close to the nut as possible. If the nut gets stuck on threads, it will be a pain to deal with. Then replace the tie rod end link. I might TRY to remove the nut before cutting but my expectation is that it will get jammed up on stretched threads.

 

[jflogerzi]

i bet a bad tie down location from shipping

This is my guess as well. Damaged in transport

 

[halligan1201]

This should have noticable while driving. If vehicle drove straight without vibration, shudder, or pulling, likely the tech taking the photo is the culprit.

 

[Stage3Motorsports]

This should have noticable while driving. If vehicle drove straight without vibration, shudder, or pulling, likely the tech taking the photo is the culprit.

That would aboslutely not be noticed while driving, its just the extra threads on the stem of the balljoint, all of the parts that serve a function during movement are below the nut.

 

[halligan1201]

That would aboslutely not be noticed while driving, its just the extra threads on the stem of the balljoint, all of the parts that serve a function during movement are below the nut.

My mistake, misread the OPs post as bent tie rod, not bent bolt. You are correct

 

[Stage3Motorsports]

And hopefully that is covered, I would have called you and said hey can i cut this off and been done with it. (and yes there are other ways to remove and install without damage)

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

And hopefully that is covered, I would have called you and said hey can i cut this off and been done with it. (and yes there are other ways to remove and install without damage)

Frank’s right - other ways….

 

[Stage3Motorsports]

I said non-destructive lol

 

[Aonarch]

This is my guess as well. Damaged in transport

+1

Happens more than you'd think

 

[Jason B]

Trying to get the camera auto focus to focus in on the bolt most likely. I do the same thing sometimes.

He could have just said "Focus, you fuck!" ala Ave.

 

[AZ_Tremor]

Latest update is device has the truck they’ll be replacing the tie rod end and will get the truck back to me by eod .. unfortunately it won’t be leveled today and I will have to bring it back Monday to get that done… then it goes to the body shop because we found some imperfections in the paint under the drivers door that requires them to reshoot the whole door ?
All covered under warranty of course but just a little frustrating..
At least I found this stuff now being it’s only been 2 weeks since Ive purchased this truck…??‍

 

[Aonarch]

Are you sure that it wasn't wrecked in transit?

 

[P. A. Schilke]

Ford dealership goes to install my leveling kit and send me this picture..

Anyone else experience anything like this?
Bought the truck 2 weeks ago today and the tech at the custom shop says he pulled off the tire to begin the work and notices this….

Hi Angelito,

I spent some time analyzing this picture and then getting my fastener engineer to offer up his opinion. He concurred that this is most likely a poorly tied down truck as the tools used in the assembly plant would have flagged a problem and the vehicle tagged for the repair area. The force to bend the tie rod stud like this is simply not likely and if it was at the plant, the line forum would have to have a hand in getting the tool off the tie rod. Also...this is the first reported instance like this out of many, many Rangers produced. Likely not the Railway staff either. Most probably a haul-away driver loading vehicles for final delivery chaining down a Ranger anyway he/she can to get underway ASAP.... The UBS flange nut has a pattern on it that shows the socket engaged the nut solidly in the vertical position but the small hex shows a weird pattern likely from a tow hook or chain link....

I am far from certain what happened, but have enough experience with assembly to say it is highly unlikely to have been delivered that way from the plant simply as there would be more instances like this if caused by assembly tooling.

Sorry for rambling, but this type of problem is and can be somewhat baffling...

Best,
Phil

 

[AZ_Tremor]

Hi Angelito,

I spent some time analyzing this picture and then getting my fastener engineer to offer up his opinion. He concurred that this is most likely a poorly tied down truck as the tools used in the assembly plant would have flagged a problem and the vehicle tagged for the repair area. The force to bend the tie rod stud like this is simply not likely and if it was at the plant, the line forum would have to have a hand in getting the tool off the tie rod. Also...this is the first reported instance like this out of many, many Rangers produced. Likely not the Railway staff either. Most probably a haul-away driver loading vehicles for final delivery chaining down a Ranger anyway he/she can to get underway ASAP.... The UBS flange nut has a pattern on it that shows the socket engaged the nut solidly in the vertical position but the small hex shows a weird pattern likely from a tow hook or chain link....

I am far from certain what happened, but have enough experience with assembly to say it is highly unlikely to have been delivered that way from the plant simply as there would be more instances like this if caused by assembly tooling.

Sorry for rambling, but this type of problem is and can be somewhat baffling...

Best,
Phil

Thanks for the analysis! I did ask them if it was due to transport and they said it wasn’t likely be a aisle the strap the wheels down or something of that nature.. I don’t know enough about securing a truck to a carrier.. seems like you know more then them about assembly line protocol.. they couldn’t offer me a reason behind how it happened but they have agreed to repair in under warranty..
With this and the paint defect we found during the walk around when I dropped it off yesterday… I was losing confidence in the quality of the workmanship but with your explanation of the assembly process I feel I little bit of relief..

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