Ford F-150 2015 Structural Repair Training Course page 69

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The￿B-pillar￿is￿made￿up￿of￿three￿parts.
The￿B-pillar￿assembly:
is￿made￿from￿stamped￿aluminum
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parts.
is￿rivet-bonded￿together￿and
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attached￿to￿the￿vehicle￿with￿rivets
and￿welds.
is￿made￿up￿of￿an￿inner,
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reinforcement,￿and￿outer￿body
side￿panel.
inner￿and￿reinforcement￿must￿be
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replaced￿as￿complete￿assembly,
but￿the￿outer￿body￿side￿panel￿may
be￿sectioned.
To￿gain￿access￿to￿the￿B-pillar￿reinforcement,￿at￿least
a￿portion￿of￿the￿outer￿body￿side￿panel￿must￿be
removed.
2015￿Ford￿F-150￿Structural￿Repair￿Training￿Course￿(FOR06)
Module￿4￿-￿Body￿Design￿And￿Construction
When￿removing￿the￿B-pillar
reinforcement:
straighten￿the￿body￿structure￿as
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necessary￿to￿remove￿any￿damage.
cut￿and￿remove￿the￿body￿side
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panel￿as￿required￿to￿gain￿access￿to
reinforcement.
Use￿caution￿to￿avoid￿damaging￿or
thinning￿attachment￿flanges￿as￿this￿will
compromise￿structural￿integrity￿and￿the
ease￿of￿repairability.
The￿replacement￿B-pillar￿reinforcement￿is￿attached
with￿rivets￿and￿adhesive.
To￿install￿the￿B-pillar￿reinforcement:
test-fit￿the￿B-pillar￿reinforcement,
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and￿prepare￿the￿rivet￿locations.
If￿blind￿rivets￿will￿be￿used,￿6.5
mm￿holes￿must￿be￿drilled￿and
deburred.￿SPRs￿and￿solid￿rivets
may￿also￿be￿used.
clean￿all￿of￿the￿parts￿with￿wax
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and￿grease￿remover,￿and￿clean￿the
bond￿areas￿with￿P80￿sandpaper.
apply￿adhesive,￿install
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reinforcement,￿and￿set￿rivets.
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