Replacing broken door pocket snap-in insert

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I'm just giving you the gears. Out of 12 I had 3 that failed when I put the new pockets on. There was not much torque applied at all. I mean the remaining 8 tightened like you would think they should. I was left believing that those 3 weak ones were probably over tightened at factory or they were just Monday morning clips. Anyway I just replaced all of them. Cheers!

Actually very reassuring to hear that the two I heard start to skip threads may not have been me after all. Both on the drivers side.

I used a driver on my DV8, and all the rest of them torqued up fine. The drivers side seemed to have been installed much tighter than the passenger, suggesting they may be a one shot deal if overtightened from factory.

Tricky thing to talk about in a forum sense as you tend to correct the people telling you it's you, as theirs are fine... But I'm not sure I've ever owned a vehicle that has so many fasteners that can't take re-use... The paranoid trouble I've gone to locating clip information, to find videos to avoid breakages, only to have them give out anyway.

Really I wouldn't mind at all if they were purchasable, but they make them as rare as hen's teeth too.

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The majority of clips and fasteners I’ve interacted with on my 23’ 2Door have been fairly poor. I’d say 50% of them have broken. Over the years I’ve collected several bins of clips for other vehicles, so the Ford is now full of random clips that work fine, a few that kinda worked, and a few that are just gone now. Ha ha ha. It seems like Ford used a different clip on each location, they’re not ever mirrored passenger to driver.

I have an old set of Bartac door bags that have been great. Easily one of the best low cost upgrades I’ve done. I’d recommend them to anyone.

Sounds like Bartac may have redesigned their bags but I don’t know what they changed. One mounting hole on my door bags didn’t line up correctly on my doors but whatever, they work fine.