Ford F-150 2015 Structural Repair Training Course page 79

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The￿rear￿cab￿panel￿is￿rivet￿bonded￿to￿the￿cab.
When￿removing￿the￿rear￿cab￿panel:
remove￿the￿box￿to￿allow￿access￿to
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the￿rivets.
straighten￿the￿cab￿assembly￿as
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needed.
remove￿SPRs￿and￿the￿damaged
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panel.
clean￿the￿existing￿flange of
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adhesive￿residue￿with￿P80￿grit
sandpaper,￿and￿straighten￿as
needed.
Hemlocks￿and￿solid￿rivets,￿along￿with￿adhesive,￿are
used￿to￿attach￿the￿rear￿cab￿panel.
When￿installing￿the￿rear￿cab￿panel:
2015￿Ford￿F-150￿Structural￿Repair￿Training￿Course￿(FOR06)
Module￿4￿-￿Body￿Design￿And￿Construction
test-fit￿new￿part￿for￿proper
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placement.
mark￿and￿prepare it￿for￿rivet
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installation.￿Note￿that￿if￿SPRs￿are
being￿used,￿no￿holes￿are￿required.
If using￿solid￿or￿blind rivets,￿drill
the￿proper￿size￿hole.
remove coatings￿down￿to￿bare
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metal￿on￿the￿mating￿flange￿of￿the
replacement￿part.
remove￿adhesives￿and￿coatings
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from￿the￿vehicle￿mating￿flange
with￿abrasives￿no￿coarser￿than
P80 grit.￿Clean￿the flanges￿with
wax￿and￿grease￿remover.
apply￿adhesive￿to￿both￿panel
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flanges.
use rivets￿or￿clecos as￿guide￿pins
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to￿position￿the￿panel,￿then￿clamp
it￿in￿place.
set￿the￿rivets￿and￿allow￿the
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adhesive￿to￿cure.
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:
Back￿Panel￿and￿Reinforcements
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