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Refer￿to￿the￿Video:￿SPR￿Installation￿And
Removal￿in￿the￿presentation.￿This￿video
discusses￿how￿an￿SPR￿is￿installed,￿and￿the
different￿ways￿an￿SPR￿may￿be￿removed.
Vehicle￿makers￿may￿have￿different￿recommendations
for￿pretreatment￿before￿adhesive￿is￿applied.
When￿preparing￿an￿aluminum￿part￿for
bonding,￿always￿follow￿the￿vehicle￿or
product maker's recommendations, which
may￿include:
scuffing￿the￿E-coat.￿This￿gives￿the
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adhesive￿and￿flange￿a￿mechanical
bond.
removing￿the￿E-coat.￿This￿provides
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a￿predictable￿bond￿surface￿that
does￿not￿depend￿on￿the￿integrity
of￿the￿E-coat.
flame￿treating￿the￿bare￿flange.￿The
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bonding￿surface￿is￿cleaned￿and
2015￿Ford￿F-150￿Structural￿Repair￿Training￿Course￿(FOR06)
Module￿3￿-￿Aluminum￿Joining￿Methods
then￿treated￿with￿a￿Pyrosil￿torch
and￿primer.
abrading￿the￿flange￿using￿a￿silica
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stone.￿Then￿a￿brush-on￿primer￿is
applied￿to￿the￿bonding￿surface.
the￿use￿of￿a￿special￿P120￿grit
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sandpaper￿and￿spray-on￿primer.
Never abrade￿an￿aluminum￿part￿with
material￿coarser￿than￿P80.
Ford￿recommends￿the￿E-coat￿be￿removed,
the￿surface￿cleaned,￿and￿then￿the
adhesive￿is￿applied.
Riveted￿Part￿Replacement
Shown￿are￿different￿tools￿that￿can￿be￿used￿to￿remove
rivets.
When￿removing￿a￿riveted￿part,￿consider:
the type￿of￿rivet was￿used.
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access￿to￿backside.￿This￿can￿help
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determine￿how￿the￿rivet￿will￿be
removed.
working￿from￿the￿damaged￿panel
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side.￿If￿only￿the￿inner￿or￿outer
panels￿are￿being￿replaced,￿it￿may
be￿best￿to￿work￿at￿removing￿the
rivet￿from￿the￿damaged￿side￿of￿the
panel.￿By￿doing￿this,￿there￿may
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