07-09-2020, 08:04 PM
(07-09-2020, 06:50 PM)jeffster Wrote:(07-09-2020, 12:21 PM)Bytor Wrote: The TTC's cars were Flexity Outlooks, ours were Flexity Freedoms. All but one of ours were made in Kingston with some help from La Pocatière whereas the TTC's were welded in Mexico, so I'm not really sure that this is "part of the welding defects that were identified with the TTC".
But it is a welding defect, to put in nicely. More bluntly, piss poor welding. But I think most of us knew this was coming at some point.
Given that it's all 11 (of the early) vehicles, I suspect it's not sloppy welding, but, rather, a specification/design error resulting in the "lack of fusion" that BBD has admitted to.
For example, it's possible that the filler metal alloy was not correct for the duplex-type steel used in the Flexity frames.