We have to talk about CV Axles.....

[GCATX]

When we bought our Gen 1, my nephew delivered it to TX from Ohio. It came with a brand new cv shaft with a torn up boot. It was mid perch. We put new shaft in and went back to stock height, no issues in 2 years.

 

[MTF]

There will always be a few that have issues for whatever reasons but that is not the norm.
I could say I was on mid-perch for 13 years still have original shafts and boots.
Now, I never went off-roading or drove through water that could get into the IWE if the seals were compromised.
When driving in the snow I would never lock the steering and just keep doing donuts at full throttle.
Never blasted down a gravel road or through brush that can damage anything underneath.
Like I stated before the Raptor was supposed to be on mid-perch.

 

[downforce137]

I just did my buddies 2020 150 (non raptor) he would only get noise on Long drives. he did the solenoid and the check valve. didn't help. pulled a vacuum on the entire system it passed... just barely. Swopped out his IWEs. he just got back from an 8 hour road trip no noise.

That was going to be my next move but honestly I can not tell a difference from disengaged so I'm going to leave them or possibly put the deletes in..

I mean think of all the fwd cars that use CV axles all the time.. except for tree branches or cactus, there really shouldn't be a reason for boot failure other than inadequate material choices.