Ford F-150 2015 Structural Repair Training Course page 71

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Once￿the￿outer￿body￿side￿panel￿is
removed,￿a￿determination￿can￿be￿made
regarding￿installing￿a￿complete￿or￿partial
rocker￿panel.￿Super￿Crew￿models￿will￿not
allow￿for￿a￿partial￿replacement￿due￿to￿the
rocker￿panel￿design.
The￿yellow￿line￿on￿the￿graphic￿represents
a￿possible￿cut￿location￿on￿the￿outer￿body
panel￿if￿the￿damage￿was￿confined￿to￿the
lower￿portion￿of￿the￿body.
A￿butt￿joint￿with￿backing￿is￿used￿for￿the￿sectioning
joint.
When￿sectioning￿the￿inner￿or￿outer￿rocker
panel￿reinforcement:
cut￿the￿reinforcement￿as￿per￿the
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workshop￿manual.
build￿a￿50￿mm￿insert￿to￿use￿as￿a
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backing.
cut￿the replacement￿part￿as￿per
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the￿guidelines￿outlined￿in￿the
workshop￿manual.
prepare￿bonded￿areas.
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install￿the￿backing￿to￿the
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reinforcement￿attached￿to￿the
vehicle￿structure.
fit￿the￿replacement￿part￿and
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determine￿the￿appropriate￿root
gap.
2015￿Ford￿F-150￿Structural￿Repair￿Training￿Course￿(FOR06)
Module￿4￿-￿Body￿Design￿And￿Construction
measure￿to￿verify￿proper￿panel
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placement.
weld￿the￿repair￿seam￿and
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rivet￿bond￿the￿flanges￿of￿the
replacement￿part.
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:
Regular￿Cab￿-￿Inner￿Rocker￿Panel,
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Outer￿Rocker￿Panel
Super￿Cab￿-￿Inner￿Rocker￿Panel,
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Outer￿Rocker￿Panel
Crew￿Cab￿-￿Inner￿Rocker￿Panel,
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Outer￿Rocker￿Panel
The￿rocker￿panel￿reinforcement￿is￿shown￿above.
When￿doing￿a￿complete￿replacement
of￿the￿inner￿or￿outer￿rocker￿panel
reinforcement:
other￿assemblies,￿such￿as,￿the
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hinge￿pillar￿and￿B-pillar￿may
require￿disassembly.
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