Here we go again with this guy. A CV joint's life is 99.9% determined by its continuous operation angle. Which in this mod, is unchanged. All of the empirical evidence aside, the less than almost never-percent of time my truck is in 4x4 at high speed where the wheels are off the ground, the shaft is torque loaded, and I'm turning the steering to max travel, is not a big enough conceptual/theoretical deterrent for me to spend 4X the price on Gen 1's. I won't bore you with the formula for "factor of safety" but it seems no matter how many times you were asked you could never say what the maximum operating angle of the ford CV's (it's 30° from every person I asked on reg F150s) Raptor fronts are longer. All of the CV's I've ever seen broken IRL, were lifted trucks or jeeps that were stuck somewhere cranking the steering back and forth to get out. That means; the shaft was loaded at high rpm and the CO angle was already out of spec. The problem with your argument is that no matter how many times others will have successfully done it, you'll never have to admit that you were wrong and your "guarantee of serious consequences" is meaningless.
Limit straps are probably great idea if you're running Dakar.
Also, if you're interested in the financial math, brand new motorcraft CV half-shaft assembly's are $170, rebuilt is half that, and the repair kit for the joint is $99 all day. Even replacing them five times I'd still be net positive.
I will drive the **** out of mine, and report back results.
