What did you do to your Raptor today? (Gen2)

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KingKoopa17

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Changed oil on Friday. Re-torqued all my suspension upgrades from back in September, everything looked good. The most pressing concern I wanted to figure out was this god awful popping sound I'd been hearing for the past few weeks or so, specifically when I was turning. Then I jumped on the running board on either side and the noise was also present. Going over bumps made the truck sound like the thing was going to fall apart. I suspected it might've been something loose from when I installed new shocks, but everything was still nice and tight. Lo and behold, it was the Mevotech end links I bought a few months ago. After I gave them a shot of grease the noise went away except for when I turned. To verify this, I removed the end links. No noise! The ride was so much smoother and I could hardly tell a difference on the highway. So I think I'm going to follow some advice of what some others have said and just take the damn thing off.

I do want to note though I found a tear in the boot on the upper passenger side, which could help explain the excessive play during my troubleshooting. Maybe something tore it, or hell, maybe I tore it during installation. Either way, I think I'll keep the links off for now unless I don't like the ride for whatever reason.
 

Roush2568

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Changed the cabin air filter I don't believe has ever been changed. It was almost completely soild when I pulled it out.

I also installed a carbon fiber steering wheel center cover to match the rest of the carbon fiber in the truck.
 

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My truck also had the driver side valve cover crack. I used some black epoxy and fixed it a couple weeks ago. Checked it again today and it's still dry and no more burning oil smell when it puddles up and drips, plus it's hidden under the engine cover.

I was going to have Ford fix it under warranty but there's no updated valve covers so the new one will crack at some point also.
 
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