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Post by ballbandit on Jan 17, 2011 9:51:02 GMT -5
I was told today that every flywheel on the diesel engines have to be changed. Whoever makes them in canada didnt heat treat them right and the teeth are ripping off. not sure how many but some customers has had it happened. Just what i was told.
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Post by JoePieper on Jan 17, 2011 14:36:52 GMT -5
Considering we are not working today where and from whom did you hear this?
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Post by ballbandit on Jan 18, 2011 8:39:31 GMT -5
production wasnt running but skilled trades work. they was working on them changing them out on the engines in the racks
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Post by beenaround on Jan 18, 2011 8:50:46 GMT -5
production wasnt running but skilled trades work. they was working on them changing them out on the engines in the racks Yeah right, get real. |
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Post by ktpgal89 on Jan 18, 2011 9:16:09 GMT -5
production wasnt running but skilled trades work. they was working on them changing them out on the engines in the racks When are the trades allowed to do parts change outs???  |
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Post by sjohn191 on Jan 18, 2011 10:26:32 GMT -5
Come on we are at ktp what can't they do is the question
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Post by ScottR@KTP on Jan 18, 2011 11:01:34 GMT -5
Maybe he is saying maintenance saw vendor reps doing the rework. That sounds much more believable...engines come in complete...the vendor has the right to send people to do the rework.
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Post by beenaround on Jan 18, 2011 11:11:23 GMT -5
Maybe he is saying maintenance saw vendor reps doing the rework. That sounds much more believable...engines come in complete...the vendor has the right to send people to do the rework. Now that sounds feasible. |
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Post by ballbandit on Jan 18, 2011 12:14:18 GMT -5
yes exactly right. but i think it was our repairmen doing it though. the one post that was asking how i heard cause we wasnt working is what i meant about skilled trades. will be more specific next time.
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Post by lewis on Jan 18, 2011 13:53:54 GMT -5
Maybe he is saying maintenance saw vendor reps doing the rework. That sounds much more believable...engines come in complete...the vendor has the right to send people to do the rework. It still seems like at that point the product should only be reworked by a UAW member. |
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Post by whiteh20kayaker on Jan 18, 2011 13:57:59 GMT -5
Are they changing out the part fast enough to keep the engine line running? Are they running a heavy gas mix?
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Post by ScottR@KTP on Jan 18, 2011 16:09:07 GMT -5
Maybe he is saying maintenance saw vendor reps doing the rework. That sounds much more believable...engines come in complete...the vendor has the right to send people to do the rework. It still seems like at that point the product should only be reworked by a UAW member. Well, I worked in IQ for almost 2 years...and a majority of the time, there were sorters from the vendors in the plant fixing their mistakes. If we fix them, they pay much more...Ford gives them a chance to come in and fix their error at a much cheaper rate if they can. Many vendors don't have the ability...so we get stuck doing it. |
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Post by kessinger on Jan 18, 2011 20:04:59 GMT -5
I was off Friday so I am not sure if this rumor is true, though I know we did have 1 flywheel in warranty. Lets hope that is the only one out there.
Depending on what motor. The people working them most likely where Ford employees since most of our motors come from Ford plants.
Scott is right. Vendors are allowed to rework a part til it is stocked our line. They have to do it in certain areas. Please notify us of anyone that is working parts on the line, on on the stock next to the line. We will run them off for you.
I will try to get more info.
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Post by marcus on Jan 21, 2011 9:04:54 GMT -5
Hope they fix it
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Post by Shrek on Jan 21, 2011 14:56:41 GMT -5
Heard last night that they narrowed it down to parts from India there are about 900 that must be changed. It take about 4 hrs for each flywheel. I see lots of overtime for Repairman.
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Post by marcus on Jan 21, 2011 21:57:59 GMT -5
Lets make it all in america
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Post by ktpgal89 on Jan 22, 2011 1:52:05 GMT -5
Lets make it all in america Amen to that!!!  |
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Post by cgiron on Jan 23, 2011 3:46:44 GMT -5
I was told today that every flywheel on the diesel engines have to be changed. Whoever makes them in canada didnt heat treat them right and the teeth are ripping off. not sure how many but some customers has had it happened. Just what i was told. Strange that they are not making them in compacted graphite iron ( CGI) which is the material in the bulletproof engine block. CGI-flywheels is coming. No teeth will ripe off then. |
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