Upgraded IWE gear replacement interest

[Wilson]

If you knew how expensive these initial units were... You wouldn't make more than you needed either!! Haha

Here's a little run down of current costs for me so far...

Internal spline shaper cutter for tooling (good for small batches) $1350

Internal spline broach (for mass production) $3590

And that doesn't even include the cost for the actual product or materials!

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I've gone through 2 OEM sets, and have gone through 6 different sets while testing differant materials. I'm at 15k miles, and maybe 2.5k in 4wd. Lol

I have 20000 and maybe 500 in 4x4

 

[HAYNES OFFROAD]

Bump for votes! Please vote as honestly as possible, this market research will help us tremendously. Thank you.

 

[iSurvive]

My 2012 has had the IWEs replaced 4 times. They are f'd again and Ford fights me on this every tme I bring it in for service. Transfer case, solenoid, wiring to solenoid, and IWEs are always causing problems. I need a more permenant fix!

 

[Mil T]

Have you thought about polling the non raptor forums? like F150 forums. Like you said, it is not isolated to Raptors and I would suspect there are more standard f150's out there that are used for 4 wheeling than the Raptor.
Just a thought. Oh and I would definitely pick up a pair for since of reliability comfort.

 

[HAYNES OFFROAD]

@Mil T yes, I am working on that as well! I believe the market IS there, but we are a small company, and have to plan carefully. Once word of mouth begins to spread, it should takeoff well.

 

[Deleted member 12951]

Voted. Said later. I would like to see what others say after they have been out, even though I know you will test them better than most. I was a guinea pig for something else and didn't turn out in my favor.

 

[WRCRaptor]

Voted. I hope these are ready to go in the spring since I am getting ready to do some other suspension mods finally. My truck is showing early signs of problems on the left front but operates somewhat normally for now.

 

[DocSpooK]

Blew mine yesterday at Snoball dynamically rescuing another truck....the day I hit 50,000 miles :/ We changed it on the trail in less than an hour. That being said, I would rather not lose the front wheels and would pay for insurance.

 

[HAYNES OFFROAD]

Blew mine yesterday at Snoball dynamically rescuing another truck....the day I hit 50,000 miles :/ We changed it on the trail in less than an hour. That being said, I would rather not lose the front wheels and would pay for insurance.

Did you strip the teeth or crack the whole gear? Sounds like cracked...

 

[rptr]

Rcv already makes Iwe gears....
Best way is to get rid of it period and run your axles full time....