Ford F-150 2015 Structural Repair Training Course page 63

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The￿outer￿body￿side￿panel￿may￿be￿sectioned￿or
welded￿if￿cracked￿or￿torn.
The￿outer￿body￿side￿panel￿(uniside)￿is
rivet￿bonded￿to￿the￿vehicle￿structure,
and￿repairable￿depending￿on￿the￿type,
location,￿and￿extent￿of￿damage.
The￿outer￿body￿side￿panel￿is￿considered
a￿cosmetic￿/￿exterior￿part￿and￿may￿be
welded￿if￿it￿is￿cracked￿or￿torn.
When￿sectioning,￿follow￿Ford's￿guidelines￿for￿cut
locations.
When￿sectioning￿the￿outer￿side￿panel:
Ford￿is￿allowing￿sectioning￿of￿the
•
outer￿body￿panel￿based￿on￿the
damage.
2015￿Ford￿F-150￿Structural￿Repair￿Training￿Course￿(FOR06)
Module￿4￿-￿Body￿Design￿And￿Construction
do￿not￿section￿within￿50￿mm￿of
•
hinges,￿strikers,￿holes,￿or￿highly
formed￿areas.
the￿repair￿seam￿may￿be￿welded
•
or￿adhesively￿bonded using
a butt￿joint￿with￿backing.￿These
considerations￿should￿never￿be
applied￿to￿structural￿repairs.
Refer￿to￿Module￿4,￿Demonstration:
Outer￿Body￿Side￿Panel￿Guidelines￿in￿the
presentation￿for￿a￿visual￿example￿of￿the
part,￿and￿marking￿the￿areas￿where￿Ford
does￿not￿recommend￿sectioning.
Controlled￿heat￿will￿soften￿adhesive￿and￿aid￿in￿panel
separation.
When￿sectioning￿an￿outer￿body￿side
panel:
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