Dane
FRF Addict
So, I'm sorry to report that my trip to the local sand dunes ended up with some carnage. I believe I broke my driver side CV at the wheel.
I was heading up a steep sand hill I've been up a million times and there was a sudden loud ping/snap and I lost momentum, 4 wheel drive was toast, and there was a nasty grinding sound. I shut it down and knew I was hosed. The picture doesn't look terrible, but it's obvious something in there is broken. I had to winch myself out with my brand new 12,000 pound winch (which worked great) and was able to limp home in 2 wheel drive. This was about half way through my trip, so naturally I was pretty bummed. I still had my Jeep and a quad up there so I made the most of it, but it still sucks. I dropped the Raptor off at the dealership yesterday and warranty should have no problem covering it.
Still, I lost out on a LOT of fun Raptor time.
Here's a picture of the canage, then some Jeep fun. Also, here is the video of where I broke the CV. This isn't video of it breaking, but it broke on the first hill in this video later that evening. I was doing nothing different.
I was heading up a steep sand hill I've been up a million times and there was a sudden loud ping/snap and I lost momentum, 4 wheel drive was toast, and there was a nasty grinding sound. I shut it down and knew I was hosed. The picture doesn't look terrible, but it's obvious something in there is broken. I had to winch myself out with my brand new 12,000 pound winch (which worked great) and was able to limp home in 2 wheel drive. This was about half way through my trip, so naturally I was pretty bummed. I still had my Jeep and a quad up there so I made the most of it, but it still sucks. I dropped the Raptor off at the dealership yesterday and warranty should have no problem covering it.
Still, I lost out on a LOT of fun Raptor time.
Here's a picture of the canage, then some Jeep fun. Also, here is the video of where I broke the CV. This isn't video of it breaking, but it broke on the first hill in this video later that evening. I was doing nothing different.