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re: Why Ford can't get mechanics
Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:00 am to prplhze2000
Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:00 am to prplhze2000
Domestics build cars for planned obsolescence anymore.
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:04 am to prplhze2000
Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:21 am to prplhze2000
Should be able to remove co by loosening LCA adjustments and breaking lower bj taper but :idk: about a Ford.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:26 am to baldona
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None of the OP’s video was complicated. It simply takes more time.
"Longer but easier" route is a common tactic with working on vehicles. Even if it's possible to use a crazy combination of extensions, wobbles, a shop-modified wrench and a mirror to get to a fastener, sometimes it's just easier to just drop the transmission...
In the case of the OP, a strut compressor would mean not having to remove all of those parts but brings its own dangers and some mechanics simply don't want to use them if avoidable. Also, if you are at the mileage to replace shocks and struts, go ahead and replace ball joints, bushings, and sway bar end links too (unless you have a GM then you are buying new lower control arms anyway).
Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:31 am to kywildcatfanone
I have a Ford that is just over a year old with 36k miles. I got the oil changed this morning. They tell me it was a half quart low.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:36 am to Clames
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Also, if you are at the mileage to replace shocks and struts, go ahead and replace ball joints, bushings, and sway bar end links too
This was the spot in the video where my level of concern went to zero. It was a NEW truck that the owner was having lifted. Nothing failed it was an "upgrade" based on Nothing but vanity....
This post was edited on 1/17/26 at 8:36 am
Posted on 1/17/26 at 9:04 am to TT9
Probably because starting mechanic pay isn’t good.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 10:37 am to Clames
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GM rivets the ones for the lowers in...
Angle grinder fixes that in about 60 seconds.
And the rivets on my 98 z71 looked like 6 sided bolts. I thought the bolts were stripped, used grinder to remove and when the bottom fell off I realized my error.
New MOOG parts came with correct bolts...
Posted on 1/17/26 at 11:59 am to baldona
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A mechanic is paid hourly to work on jobs, why does a mechanic care if he does 4 jobs that take 2 hours each or 8 jobs that take 1 hour each?
That’s the reason mechanics say Farley is FOS. Ford pays a set rate for every repair, and the only way to make the salary he claimed is available is to consistently beat the OEM time charts for repairs, and experience no down time…which is about as likely as running at the top of an MLM pyramid.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 3:28 pm to Lonnie Utah
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It was a NEW truck that the owner was having lifted. Nothing failed it was an "upgrade" based on Nothing but vanity....
Probably for bigger wheels and tires, all those parts are going to wear out faster so they'll be coming out anyway. People have no idea how marginal suspension components are, adding a bunch of unsprung weight is just asking for problems on stock parts.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 4:06 pm to prplhze2000
Poor guy would have a stroke if he had to work on euro cars.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 4:33 pm to eitek1
Many people disagree. There is a reason the mass majority of trucks you see in remote west TX are Ford.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 6:55 pm to baldona
Never had any issues with an F-150. I've had 4.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 7:23 pm to BigNastyTiger417
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There is a reason the mass majority of trucks you see in remote west TX are Ford.
Because its the cowboy-est truck. Thats the only reason.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 7:39 pm to alphaandomega
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Angle grinder fixes that in about 60 seconds.
If you're lucky, if not then angle grinder and air hammer and still wind up chucking the whole mess in the scrap pile. I won't waste the time anymore, just order new OEM lower control arms and get it done.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 7:51 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Because its the cowboy-est truck. Thats the only reason.
Idk about that, hell of a lot of ranchers in the west seem to prefer a dodge.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 7:55 pm to EastWestConnection
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sounds rough, but I also only understood like 20% of what he was talking about.
The strut was held in by two parallel bolts in a tube, while the strut itself sat in a small cup. There's literally no reason for this. The strut should go through the lower control arm, and be held in place with a sturdy bolt that goes through the bushing. That's how most front struts are held. What he's describing is a corrosion nightmare, where water will sit in the tubes and rust the bolts into failure.
The cv axle is also held in by a ridiculously small 10mm nut. That size bolt is what should hold down a battery case. A cv axle should be on a 20mm nut at the very least, as it's a critical component of a 4wd system.
It's a painfully flawed system all the way around.
I'm no expert, but I'm a solid driveway mechanic. This is the kind of poor quality materials you'd expect in a shitty Mitsubishi 3cyl econobox, not an F150.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 7:58 pm to baldona
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hell of a lot of ranchers in the west seem to prefer a dodge
Because it says cummins on the quarter panel like the bull wagon peterbuilts do.
Used to be able to say because they are cheaper, but thats not really the case anymore.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 7:58 pm to Clames
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just order new OEM lower control arms and get it done.
The proper way to do it.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:33 pm to baldona
Most drive Ford
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