NickTheEnforcer
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- First Name
- Anthony
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- Northern Illinois
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- 2019 Ford Ranger XLT Sport 4x4, 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid SE Sport AWD, 2009 Dodge Ram Big Horn Crew 4x4 HEMI
- Occupation
- Residential Construction Project Development & Purchasing.
agree! with tool technology being what is its someone was too stupid or lazy to adjust the torque on their driver, worst they 'knew' they did it and passed it along as 'acceptable' work...sad.The use of air tools that are operator dependent are the bane of the automotive industry, both the aftermarket and the OEM. OEM are moving to electric torque controlled installation tools to preclude operator judgement. The aftermarket cannot afford these tools and result in situations like this Clearly over torques and likely the fastener was inserted into an air tool and shot into the aluminum frame and the operator failed to stop before the fastener was over torqued. Sad this had to happen to a customer. Hope the company remedies the problem. Ford has always since I was with the company tried to get away from operator dependent installs. Install. Tighten... Good to go. Not install, tighten..OOPS! I will try better on the next one. I have always said, unfortunately, the aftermarket follows the OEM by about 30 years. Not all aftermarket but many. Saw a aftermarket bumper manufacturing video on these forums. Laser cut blanks and then to an operator to use a press brake to form the bumper...operator dependent.... Guy in the video was good, but what if he is a no show after a night at the bar? Same bends on the press brake?
This is a contentious arena and folks stand solidly behind aftermarket parts and in many case the manufacturers produce quality parts for the most part, but the non quality parts slip through the mfg process might be too high. My Class A motor home is a classic example. First trip out my wife opens up a cabinet door over the sink, the door came off in her hand. The operator missed the wood cabinet when he/she shot the screws into the side styles. We chased this malady for several years before we got a handle on simple cabinet install errors.
Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired
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