Broken Driver side half shaft

[RotorHead695]

Same answers here as on the Facebook Raptor group. You made a mistake, broke your truck and you aren't getting the sympathy you were looking for. No amount of arguing a CRV is better will change that. Chalk it up as a mistake, repair the truck and REMEMBER your mistake. Good luck!

 

[Guy Haycock]

I can't remember how many 1/2 shafts I broke in a series 2 land rover. And that vehicle had probably less than 100 HP. I'm with a bunch of other comments, add 450 HP donuts and whatever is the weakest part will break.

 

[Peterb]

szabo sorry about the damage to your truck
he watched the 100s of youtube videos of endless raptor donuts so he went at it
like others said use 2wd until you can’t move or you forsee getting stuck
sliding or donuts is using power to steer not cranking the wheel and then flooring it, I bet the rollovers all involve 4wd and cranked front wheels

 

[zombiekiller]

szabo sorry about the damage to your truck
he watched the 100s of youtube videos of endless raptor donuts so he went at it
like others said use 2wd until you can’t move or you forsee getting stuck
sliding or donuts is using power to steer not cranking the wheel and then flooring it, I bet the rollovers all involve 4wd and cranked front wheels

when you are doing donuts, the rear outside wheel has the most "weight" on it. If that rear outside wheel catches a rut, its like stubbing your toe, except the truck is carrying a lot more momentum. usually, that outside rear corner of the suspension is compressed a bit, making the suspension on that corner stiffer. Couple that with more rebound being dialed into the shock package, and the opposite rear corner's suspension being slightly unloaded and...

If the ass end is swinging around fast enough, over she goes.

I've seen it play out twice in person with raptors specifically. Both times the driver was cautioned not to do it.


Can't fix stupid.

 

[Cribz]

https://www.rcvperformance.com/axlesets/ford/ford-raptor-rcv-axle-set.html

 

[Bill Anderson]

Was the locker engaged?

 

[zombiekiller]

Was the locker engaged?

you can tell that is wasn't engaged. the roost from one rear wheel is substantially larger than the other wheel.

I'd also surmise that traction control was on, in some form or another, because even though the throttle input is fairly consistent, the profile of the roost keeps changing from all 4 wheels, as if the TC is trying to compensate based on wheel speed.

The roost profile changing front to rear throughout the video also leads me to believe that the truck might have been in 4A.

 

[FordTechOne]

Sadly i ordered the boot and the parts code was not good. It is not the same as f-150. The boot of the Raptor is different. Mine is still ok, i made a good job with some tape and glue. Unfortunately the black Raptor is friend of mine car. We are a group of 4 friends with Raptors. He sent me a video to show me and i decided to make it public in Raptor group and forum (with he's consent of course) All our raptors are stock, no lift and no tuning. He just wanted to be american for few second playing with the raptor. Was not a succes . The drive shaft will arrive in 2 weeks and that is it.
The opinions regarding this drive shaft are very confusing. Let's say i am at Baja race, i am nut doing donuts, but i am turning high speed and the and will become somehow a half donuts. (hope you get me) i need to expect that during a competition my shaft will broke? The 4 wd is made just to take you out? (For sure not dry paved road). How should i drive on unpaved road with high speed, 2 wd? That comments...

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It's not that it can't handle it, it's just that sometimes failures occur under high performance or abusive type of driving that cannot be predicted. As you can see in the picture you provided, the axle snapped clean at the shaft, which takes quite a tremendous amount of torque. Personally, I'm somewhat surprised it broke after watching the video, as all tires were on a loose surface. I have not seen another instance of that happening, so it's possible that the axle itself had a manufacturing issue that contributed to the failure.

 

[Steebo]

But the Raptor is the toughest truck in the world! That was something hard for the truck?My wife CRV will not broke if i do the same.

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I'd like to see the video of you doing the same thing with the crv. You may not break an axle (not enough power) but I'll bet you'll break something else that's a lot more expensive

 

[Braaaaptor]

I'm just glad it's not on it's roof and you're in the hospital. I thought we were about to watch another beach flip video. All and all a busted ego and an axel shaft isn't too bad for how it could have turned out.