Ford F-150 2015 Structural Repair Training Course page 62

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For￿removal,￿rivets￿are￿removed￿from￿the￿perimeter
of￿the￿cowl￿panel.
Cowl￿replacement￿is￿not￿a￿common
procedure.￿When￿replacing￿a
damaged Quiet￿Steel￿cowl￿panel:
remove￿all￿parts to￿gain￿access￿to
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the￿cowl￿on￿both￿sides.
remove the￿SPRs￿that￿attach
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the cowl￿to￿the￿cab.
use￿controlled￿heat￿to soften￿the
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adhesive￿bond￿and￿separate￿the
bonded￿joints.
Per￿Ford,￿using￿heat￿(not￿exceeding
425°F)￿to￿loosen￿a￿rivet￿bonded￿panel
should￿only￿be￿done￿when￿all￿panels￿in
the￿joint￿will￿be￿replaced￿or￿separated
and￿new￿adhesive￿applied.
The￿replacement￿part￿is￿secured￿using￿rivet￿bonding.
2015￿Ford￿F-150￿Structural￿Repair￿Training￿Course￿(FOR06)
Module￿4￿-￿Body￿Design￿And￿Construction
When installing￿the￿Quiet￿Steel￿cowl
panel:
wipe￿the￿E-coat￿with￿wax￿and
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grease￿remover.
scuff￿the￿E-coat.￿The￿E-coat￿is￿an
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additional barrier￿between￿the
steel￿and￿aluminum.
prepare￿the￿mating￿flanges￿on￿the
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cab￿for￿adhesive￿application.
test-fit￿the cowl,￿drill￿necessary
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holes,￿and￿deburr.
apply￿the￿adhesive￿covering￿any
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bare￿aluminum￿areas.
set￿the￿cowl￿in￿position￿and￿hold
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in￿place￿with￿clamps,￿clecos,￿or
rivets￿as￿alignment￿pins.
install￿the￿remaining￿rivets￿in￿the
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locations￿around￿the￿perimeter
of￿the￿part. Set￿the￿rivets when
the part￿is￿completely￿in￿position
during￿the￿wet￿time￿of￿adhesive.
For￿more￿information￿on￿this￿procedure
visit Motorcraft's￿website. Refer￿to the
Ford￿Service￿instructions￿that￿are￿available
with￿the￿part￿or￿on￿the￿I-CAR￿RTS website,
Outer￿Cowl￿Top,￿Cowl￿Top￿Inner,￿Cowl
Side￿Panel,￿Body￿Dash￿Panel.
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