First Raptor, love it but it has issues

[rschap1]

Congrats on the Raptor
Good luck with the repairs
Sounds like you are getting some of the stuff figured out.
Probably going to want to stick with factory LCAs unless looking at aftermarket long travel set ups.
Saying not much off-roading, guessing not the way that you want to be heading.
Good luck

 

[BassFishinRaptor2013]

Update…..front diff is out and disassembled, the bearing on the drivers side where the cv axel goes in had worked its way almost out of the case, I will post some pics but I didn’t take too many as I was crawling around underneath the truck for hours, the IWE’s were toast both made a crispy sound when depressed and didn’t move when I put vacuum on them. The phantom rattle turned out to be an old A/C compressor clutch stuck in between the steering rack and the frame so 1 issue solved. Also someone broke the cage nuts on the rear skid plate so that was a real pleasure to get off. I got new OEM ford side bearings, the axel bearing that caused this issue, new seals, all this from ford was around $55. I’m also replacing the hubs while I have this thing as apart as I do. I also have 2 broken diff cover bolts to drill out yay. The cross member bolts were in sad shape so I’ll replace those. Are there manual locking hubs I can get and just get rid of this vacuum system?

 

[BassFishinRaptor2013]

I was only able to attach 5 pics here’s a couple more of the lovely silver slurpy and the bearing that caused this mess.

 

[CecilK12]

Slick Truck

 

[P4SHOCAT]

Nice Gen 1. Good luck with getting her fixed up.

 

[pat247]

Good to see someone with some wrenching skill, motorcraft parts will serve you well on the RaptoR. I think you will like the IWE system when it works correctly, it allows shift on the fly in incliment weather.