Hmmmmm........Thats odd about your axle threads.......no wait a minute, thats perfectaly normal on this car. What was I thinking?
I agree with you about all the crazy crap Ford did to this car, there is several of there engineers I would like to punish for the rest of there lives by making them work on what they designed for 8 hours a day until they die.
I once had a conversation with SVT's Tom Scarpello(spelling) about the engineering nightmares on this car, this is what he had to say.
Part of the problem with this car stems from the fact that Ford never had all the engineering people in one place to work together on it. The engineers were scattered all over the place comunicating with each other by teleconfrence, phone and internet. He said the process did'nt work that well and I have to agree, it certainly explains alot of the stupid stuff I've seen on this car!
Now I dont know for sure thats true but thats what Tom said and he's in a better posistion to know than I.