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I'm actually trying to find this out myself. Made a request for information in a thread started by a guy who had his own shift fork replaced.Does the 19 have new parts?
They do what every corporation does - cost reduce their designs. Until they find out things did not work. I've seem hundreds of times and I can guarantee everyone that once car hits the showrooms, they have entire team focused to driving the cost out of it. Absolutely everyone does it.You think ford will get this right after 8 years but guess not. What a shame
Does the 19 have new parts?
Thanks,Yes it will have latest part, but maybe it's not new.
As parts are refined or as suppliers change, the part number suffix is updated. When a new part enters the supply chain, it is put into the production line and replaces the earlier part.
Getrag will be putting the latest shift fork (suffix B) into the 2019 cars. The question is, when did suffix B enter the supply chain? Was it updated in January 2018, October 2017....we don't know. The fact that a TSB has been released to address broken 3-4 shift forks and that it specifies suffix B as the shift fork to use, suggests that suffix B is a new issue part (to address the broken fork problem).
It's always been done in mass production.Thanks,
I wonder if they did this in the 1960s? It seems that the engineering decisions are being made by accountants.
It's always been done in mass production.
First you make a product people want, then you reduce manufacturing cost to increase margin.
Hi Jimmy G,Yes it will have latest part, but maybe it's not new.
As parts are refined or as suppliers change, the part number suffix is updated. When a new part enters the supply chain, it is put into the production line and replaces the earlier part.
Getrag will be putting the latest shift fork (suffix B) into the 2019 cars. The question is, when did suffix B enter the supply chain? Was it updated in January 2018, October 2017....we don't know. The fact that a TSB has been released to address broken 3-4 shift forks and that it specifies suffix B as the shift fork to use, suggests that suffix B is a new issue part (to address the broken fork problem).
There is no chance they’ll have this issue. Ford use a just-in-time supply chain philosophy to keep costs down. Any forks from the bad batch will have been used well before the first production Bullitt was built.Do you think our Bullitts will escape this shift fork problem?