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ZX5,Jun 18 2004, 06:01 AM Wrote:there has been a notice posted at ford dealorships stateing that there is a problem with some focuses clutch wheel.....how it works is there are springs inside the wheel and there lose.. and thats where the ticking noise comes from....

WARNING  WARNING  WARNING  WARNING  WARNING  WARNING  WARNING 

IF THEY TRY AND TELL YOU THAT YOUR FLYWHEEL NEEDS TO BE MACHINED AND/OR YOURPRESURE PLATE HAS BURN MARKS ON THEM AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.......DONT LISTEN TO THEM....ITS JUST ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE A QUICK DOLLAR........

any burn marks on the presure plate is most likely from everyday driving and the only way your flywheel would need to be machined or replaced (depending on how bad it is ) is if it has been cracked........witch is pritty much inpossible unless your draging the car everyday......

so what ever you do (JAY aka thabrat) go and get that clutch wheel replaced A.S.A.P. so further problems dont ocure.....it only takes about a day to have it fixed.......

if you have any problems with anyone from ford ( Bennett Dunlop Ford ) past or present please  PM me and let me know who, where, when, and what the situation was and how it was dealt with.....and were you satisfied or dissatisfied ???????


how i know about this, is that my father inlaw was a service manager for 17 years with many differant dealerships (including ford ) and is very knowledgable in this sort of stuff

we are making a complant to ford of canada and sending it in ....so if there is anyone out there  that would like to tell there story and have it herd... then please let me know

thanks

tyler  a.k.a  ZX5

service managers dont fix the cars, or go to mechanic school, or are trained to fix the cars. So unless this father inlaw of yours is a trained mechanic, what gives him the knowhow on this?

he may be trained, because I dont know him personally, but anyone with some mechanical experience and training knows that different situations call for different repairs. how about if overheats and causes the flywheel to warp? dont you think it should be checked out instead of assuming its good?

oh yea, by the way....another way to make a quick dollar? how do you figure? mechanics are flat rate, get paid per job, and they get the same amount of money whether they change it or not, and they are the people that quote the job, and tell the advisors what the car needs.