Jeez, it’s a windshield. I thought they perfected replacing that decades ago (I was quite impressed watching Safelite replace mine a few times over the years). But then again we’re dealing with Ford who seems to have a lot of trouble with things like lug nuts, dip sticks, and now windshields...
The RC sleeves are a good deal. If you carefully count the threads when taking the tie rod ends off you should be able to put it back on the same and not have any alignment issues. Brush up on alignment and you should be able to verify nothing has changed. The only thing that might change is...
Are you sure there's no damage to the tire/wheel? Could be my eyes but it looks like some scraping at the bottom of the rim and what looks like cut in the tire.
Is there a hole in the boot? Or is the clamp missing? I think the dealer would take care of the boot but the alignment might be a different story. Unless you lifted it. Why do you say your alignment is off?
Looks like a plate for the 4 pin, and other pictures show the combination 4/7 pin plug. I’m more curious if they have a wiring kit for that 7 pin and if so how it hooks up.
I don’t think Ford has any intention of sending out replacement sticks. The new C stick measures the same as the original stick. I think it was just a minor design change going forward that only makes it easier to read the stick. The only reason they would send out new sticks is if the twist...
The one good thing I got out of this video, other than proving some experts don't know jack about what they're talking about, is the nifty little transfer pump. He says it is from Harbor Freight but I could not find it on the website. Anyone know about this pump or one similar?