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Truck recently developed a mildly audible hum/whine from the back that was tied exactly to wheel speed, so I assumed it was a diff issue. Sure enough, service diagnosed pinion bearing failure. What was interesting was a bird then informed me that there has been a recent uptick of Raptors coming...

Just had mine in for what I assumed was a diff bearing and - yup, pinion bearing. A bird told me that they’ve been seeing a lot of Raptors in for this of late - and that there is an updated part for Gen 2s that is available recently. Dealer ordered extra of those when they did the last truck...

I've heard it's a certainty that these will compromise the suspension performance somewhat if you're really hammering offroad. Of course, the average Raptor spends maybe 1% of it's life doing so - so whether or not that's a concern to someone is up to them. It's probably a pretty good trade-off...

Lmao yup this got me too. Had them shipped to a tire shop and the look on the guys face after he saw the truck and then went in the back and rolled these out. But yeah, the truck is pretty much hosed as a snow rig without them in Oregon, at least with the way I drive. I've got an AWD car with...

How do you reckon they're stealing these? Most common is the fob/radio repeater - I keep my keys in a faraday box/pouch which prevents that, but I thought otherwise Fords were pretty bulletproof unless flatbedded (vs. Dodge which has the security issues with their software.)

I live in the PNW and I'm a big skiier. While KO2s are techincally winter-rated and might do OK in states with dry/cold snow, the Northwest gets wet/heavy snow and marginal temps that means heavily traveled roads to/from ski resorts turn into brutally slick ice rinks. Anything short of good...

Are these still available and are you willing to ship?

I believe yes. Ford should be doing it basically any time they futz with the suspension meaningfully and most truck shops that know something about Live Valve know to do it as well, but YMMV, and if they didn't tell you they did it I wouldn't assume it. Whether or not it makes a huge difference...

w/ Forscan. It's a procedure you can run, takes 5 minutes. Just need to park the truck on level ground, get out of it, and tell it how much fuel is in the tank - will reset the sensors back to 0. Accounts for the springs settling and is definitely required if any mods are done like a leveling kit.

It's 100% the solenoid and it looks like this is going to be a common thing as these trucks age. Mine just started doing it and it's only getting louder. I had Ford swap on a set of like-new take offs last year and so they were the last ones to wrench on the shock assembly and would have...

The sensors ideally will read ~0.00 at rest but uneven ground or any load on the transmission will result in a slight change. If the voltage is markedly higher you might want to do a recalibration, but drive around a bit first and then park on the flattest slab you can and check the values then...

It was somewhat better after doing the stuff I mentioned but I ended up breaking down and swapping the shocks with a full set of ~50mi take offs I picked up from a SoCal truck builder. I think it is related to heat in the shocks and it's either the fluid or seals/bushings going wonky idk. I had...

Live valve solenoid. Pretty common issue. Cheap part bolted to the shock to control the valving, warranty will cover.

@fordraptorfun You saved me wasting time on a trip to the dealer at any rate. Appreciated. Was getting p0563 for high voltage. Watched the voltage meter and never actually saw it out of range. With the high warning the truck didn't do anything like you described, just pinged the message and...

Exactly what was in that 2018 Mustang TSB for the 10R80 that I sent them. Clutch B was vaporized. Luckily sounds like they were able to source the back ordered parts so it should be back together early next week. Hopefully their transmission guy is good as these things are fickle. Edit: For...