Tool for Removing/Installing Ford F150 Blend Door Actuator (SCAD)

This is a tool for removing/installing center blend door actuator in 2009-2014 Ford F150 (and others). In this application, the rear screw can't be accessed from the center console, due to a frame member which is directly above the actuator. most tools (e.g. a ratchet) won't fit through the gap, so one is forced to access the rear screw from the glove box, which is biomechanically infeasable unless one is a double-jointed five year old, a grey alien, or an animate stick figure.

This doodad is intended to be used with a 10mm gearwrench to allow access from the center console. It requires some finger-assistance to keep it on the screw, but the gearwrench is narrow enough to fit, and the tool is able to rise with the screw without the wrench rising as well.

The concept is similar to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VgiVInAevk&t=377s ... but i don't have that very particular stubby nutdriver. If you do have such a nutdriver, but don't have a 1/4" gearwrench, consider using my printable driver bit adapter bushings instead of wedging stuff into the wrench like in the video. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7238877

I don't know anything about any variations in component placing across various models/years; there are probably lots of cases where this won't actually help.

The plastic hex socketshould be adequate for the task. I was able to drive a screw most of the way into a pine 2x4 before it started to cam out. I doubt the screws are ever going to be half that tight. Still, it's a plastic nutdriver. Consider it consumable.

I didn't put much clearance on the screw head, since I wanted to reduce the tendency to cam out. You may want to tweak that dimension if you find it's too tight/loose as printed.

Category: Hand Tools