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.
I Never blasted down a gravel road or through brush that can damage anything underneath.

When driving in the snow I would never lock the steering and just keep doing donuts or drift in 4X4 at full throttle.
Keep in mind that turning the steering full to left or right, will put the cv joint at a greater angle then the hub going up and down.

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.

 

[Nesc204]

I'm at 193 thousand miles and some change on original CV axles and boots and still perfectly fine. Live in CT. Like dsiggi said, go with OEM