What did u do to your raptor today?

[SVT_Aaron]

Im curious how these will work out too. The problem I see with basically sleeving the axle to the hub is first off, gas mileage will suffer. And depending on how much you drive, the front driveshaft is spinning all the time. While this may not seem like a big deal, the fleet I work at has a lot of Dodge trucks that use a similar system. The front diff & driveline are always engaged and shifting to 4wd is done at the Transfer case alone. We had one front driveline come apart at the u joint while driving down the highway and it was ugly. It totaled the truck! And the Dodge (Ram) front driveshaft U joint has a needle grease zerk, Raptors dont. And few of us mechanics even knew about it. In fairness, we only had 1 come apart, but you can bet they had a campaign to get them all inspected & greased.

It may not be an issue at all, the U joint may hold up fine. But no doubt your gas mileage will drop. Please post a follow up when you have run these for a while. I would personally rather see a better, stronger version of the IWE made. I seem to recall one of the vendors that post here was working on a better IWE. Any word on that ?

I read in the thread about how people were fine with it and haven't had any issues, so I figured I might as well give it a try. I've had nothing but issues with mine and had them replaced not too long ago. after getting them replaced I had taken a trip to a lake near by about a month later and when I tried to get out of some really soft sand the IWE's failed on me again and I had to be pulled out. so reading what everyone wrote and recommended I bought them. the only issue for me now is just finding a great mechanic to do the job.
I will make sure to follow up and post pics if possible! as for the question you asked, im not too sure I tried to get a hold of Joe (HaynesOffroad) but no luck.

 

[S197Mach1]

Getting Ko2 put on because I found another nail this time in the side wall lucky me! Was going to replace eventually this kind of forced my hand. Factory tires at 45k still had 8 32nd of tread spare which had been un used has 16 32nds so 50% I think is not too shabby.


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[R1jamn]

Sealed the third brake light today.
I never had an issue with leakeage inside the cabin and I'm not waiting for it to start either.


No signs of leakage around the third brake light after removing it.



Third brake light removed.



Clear RTV silicone sealant applied.



Applied sealant to the holes of the lens where the two mounting screws go and installed the third brake light.
Cleaned up the sealant around the perimeter.
Now to let it cure for 24 hrs.

 

[badm0t0rfinger]

That's something I've been meaning to do.

Edit/Addition: Does that prevent you from accessing the bulbs if they go out or if you want to change them to LEDs?

 

[Raven13]

Hauled hay

 

[Ramathorn178]

3.0s on, brackets ........ not so much. Pretty bummed they didn't get here yesterday or today hopefully monday though. Also swapped my old front shocks to Mike and got him mid perched.

 

[Sano Dano]

Weekend Mods

Finally had a free weekend to install some mods that have been sitting in the garage.........

Installed the RPG UMP filter kit.
This is the ONLY CAI filter to use if doing any off road driving, especially if
traveling down in Baja!

Installed the HDC HD Battery Cable Kit.
Pretty straight forward install, the new positive cables to the alternator
and battery could have been a tad shorter so as to lay a little neater, but
unless your are making them up on the spot, would be difficult to do.

While I was at it, installed the Ford rework kit for fuse #27, you guessed
it, mine was burnt but still running.
Here again, pretty easy to do, just don't cut the wrong wire, 12ga blue with red!

Added pulls to the rear seat backs to gain access, there's a surprising
amount of room back there.

 

[Mikerider]

3.0s on, brackets ........ not so much. Pretty bummed they didn't get here yesterday or today hopefully monday though. Also swapped my old front shocks to Mike and got him mid perched.

Good times, glad we could get that mount figured out on your icons. Can't wait to hear how they ride.

My old coilovers cleaned up pretty good too!

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[Ramathorn178]

Good times, glad we could get that mount figured out on your icons. Can't wait to hear how they ride.

My old coilovers cleaned up pretty good too!

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Cleaned up super nice. Like I said with the lack of prepping them.... lol. Yeah took a rip around the block and yeah I'm in love now "need" rears.

 

[R1jamn]

That's something I've been meaning to do.

Edit/Addition: Does that prevent you from accessing the bulbs if they go out or if you want to change them to LEDs?

Should be able to wrestle the lens off after sealant is dry. It won't be fun....
After the lens is removed you will have access to the internals.