Rocker Panel Gap

[emjay24l]

Not exactly what I meant but I get your point. I meant a mass produced vehicle is always going to have imperfections. If you obsess over them, you won't enjoy your new truck.

Salvador Dali said:
“Have no fear of perfection – you'll never reach it.” There are many other similar quotes. I do recognize that some people with OCD can not ignore things like this but perfection can rarely be achieved regarding mass manufacturing of any number of complicated products like automobiles.

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[emjay24l]

awful follow up: "all vehicles are like that". No they arent.

If you are going to quote me then do it accurately. I said all vehicles have some deviations from the engineered dimensions. I never said all Rangers have the same deviation as the OP stated.

 

[some_guy]

If you are going to quote me then do it accurately. I said all vehicles have some deviations from the engineered dimensions. I never said all Rangers have the same deviation as the OP stated.

do you know what acceptable tolerances are? An out of spec gap by 1/4" is not in any manufacturers acceptable levels.

 

[alrashid2]

In this day and age be thankful if the only issues are cosmetic.

I was being admittedly obsessive at first too - see some of my early posts lol. Then my cab needed lifted off the frame because my engine needed entirely disassembled at 2k miles. That put things in perspective

 

[artvarck]

But it's not the 70s 80s or 90s.

Exactly. As such, these tolerances are much tighter than they used to be, anomalous examples aside.

 

[some_guy]

Exactly. As such, these tolerances are much tighter than they used to be, anomalous examples aside.

OPs 1/4" out of tolerance would be right at home in the 70s, but its not the 70s

 

[emjay24l]

do you know what acceptable tolerances are? An out of spec gap by 1/4" is not in any manufacturers acceptable levels.

Once again, where did you read the difference was 1/4 inch? The OP said "I am aware that the gaps exists just not sure if they are suppose to be like 6.5mm wide on the driver size and ~5mm wide on the passenger size." He indicated that the net difference between the two measurements is around 1.5mm or approximately 0.06 inches and not 0.25 inches. If it was 0.25"difference then I would say it is excessive.

 

[some_guy]

Once again, where did you read the difference was 1/4 inch? The OP said "I am aware that the gaps exists just not sure if they are suppose to be like 6.5mm wide on the driver size and ~5mm wide on the passenger size." He indicated that the net difference between the two measurements is around 1.5mm or approximately 0.06 inches and not 0.25 inches. If it was 0.25"difference then I would say it is excessive.

so you dont know a thing about acceptable tolerances. If one side had a 50mm gap, and the other had a 51.5mm gap. would you think the difference of 1.5mm between the two is the problem?

 

[emjay24l]

so you dont know a thing about acceptable tolerances. If one side had a 50mm gap, and the other had a 51.5mm gap. would you think the difference of 1.5mm between the two is the problem?

In this case not at all. How is this small distance going to manifest itself to be a major problem? Any off chance issues will be limited to the immediate are where the measurement is off. These occasional inconsistencies are why there are many adjustments made on the assembly line regarding door, hood, trunk gaps, etc. There are likely built in tolerances when mating a truck body to the frame. I doubt anyone here knows what the acceptable tolerance is between the to measurements the OP mentioned.

 

[ATestBishop]

I'd think they'd go for a good tight 3mm uniform across the board to match "modern" standards, would be interesting though to know what optimal and variation numbers are.

 

[emjay24l]

I'd think they'd go for a good tight 3mm uniform across the board to match "modern" standards, would be interesting though to know what optimal and variation numbers are.

I would check the gap on mine but it has been sitting at the dealer for five days regarding a warranty repair for leaking brake fluid in the right front wheel area.

 

[ATestBishop]

I think mine is more but I did put the rocker guards on

 

[artvarck]

so you dont know a thing about acceptable tolerances.

The question was where do you get the 1/4" figure, and you rather conveniently ignored it in favor of a troll-like statement. But I'll bite, as you seem to believe you're better informed than anyone else; what is the acceptable tolerance in this case?

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