How To Blend Door Actuator Replacement with Part Numbers

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Then, I took out the two side braces and the seat bolts and leaned the seats back so I could get the carpet up to remove the floor duct. There is one screw under each seat holding the duct in place.

Once that is out of the way, you have access to the lower duct work that is in the way of accessing the blend door actuator. There are three bolts in the front that hold the duct work in place and one in the back that you can see from the passenger side. To see the rear bolt you’ll be contorting in ways that would make any circus freak show performer proud.

 

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To remove the rear bolt, I tried cutting down an 8mm ¼” drive socket and attached a piece of ½” copper pipe to the ratchet handle but I didn’t have enough room to get the ratchet to click so I said f-it and used a chisel and broke the tab off. The rear bolt can be discarded and tape applied to the bolt hole. The two renderings are from AllDataDIY which goes through the procedure, although vaguely.

 

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Once that was done the duct work slide out with some coaxing and I had tons of room to access the actuator. I broke the tab off the back screw and did a bit of damage. I couldn’t really see what I was doing lol. I used some glue and tape to fix the corner of the lower duct work that you see damaged in the last picture.

Then I started reassembly. Only took maybe an hour to put it all back together. Like I said, most of the time was spend scratching my head trying to figure out what was holding the duct work in place then how I was going to remove the rear bolt once I found it.

Those are the basic steps. I didn’t bother going into detail about where every bolt is, but some of the pictures show you that and there’s plenty of articles on center console removal etc.

Everything works great now. Hope that helps the next person stuck having to deal with this. Also, the part number I used was YH1777 {#AL3Z19E616A}.

As for what I have to say to Ford ---->

 

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I have a good instructional PDF (from AllDataDIY) if anyone wants it for reference. Just PM me and I'll email it to you.

 

[Bulletnjm]

You did a great job, awesome write up!

 

[Yukon Joe]

Nice write up. Thanks for sharing.

Yukon Joe
www.RUNRAPTORRUN.com

 

[dataustin]

Hey Guys and Gals, I just realized that having a stock Raptor means that I have only one actuator...correct? Would anyone know if it is on the right side (5 hrs labor) or the left side (7 hrs labor) or maybe somewhere in the middle (2 hrs)? lol

 

[Yukon Joe]

Can you call the dealer?


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[beachz]

Great write up! Thanks for sharing. This should go in the "How To" section.

 

[Yukon Joe]

Great write up! Thanks for sharing. This should go in the "How To" section.

Agree. @KaiserM715 - can you move this and add the "how to" to the title?


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