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    Default Any Ford service people here?

    IWE's on the Raptor are grinding cause of ford's great engineering on the 4x4 f150s vacuum system suck but can't get into a dealer for warrenty work for a month or two!
    Any hook ups here?
    They say dealerships are inundated of warranty work from the new cars they are selling, 1 in 5 cars Are coming back Because of quality control from the factory... pretty sad!
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    I believe if you just unhook the vacuum line to them they should just stay engaged and not grind. Hubs will be locked in obviously but not a big deal and not as annoying as grinding.

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    They need the vacuum to keep them disconnected.. trying to drive in 4x4 on dry roads sounds worse then the chattering
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    Crazy that Ford would let the quality slip that bad. Literally F150 is their bread and butter. There is a LOT of discontent at Ford right now after the 8000 layoffs thing hit the news. I guess Farley had a town hall and when asked about it, he said "We have a whole group of people who do nothing but brackets, and Tesla has no such group". How would you like to be a hard working engineer or designer in the bracket group after hearing that? Probably a lot of pissed off people there right now. He also railed on the "Customer Experience" which I think is alluding to the problems you are seeing, Sal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wizeguy View Post
    They need the vacuum to keep them disconnected.. trying to drive in 4x4 on dry roads sounds worse then the chattering
    But if you just leave the truck in 2wd and disconnect them, it will just be like any other OEM that don't do axle disconnects. Shafts/ front diff/ front driveshaft will just spin from wheel speed but t-case won't provide power. Unless Raptors have front lockers. Then that won't work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WhiteHawk View Post
    Crazy that Ford would let the quality slip that bad. Literally F150 is their bread and butter. There is a LOT of discontent at Ford right now after the 8000 layoffs thing hit the news. I guess Farley had a town hall and when asked about it, he said "We have a whole group of people who do nothing but brackets, and Tesla has no such group". How would you like to be a hard working engineer or designer in the bracket group after hearing that? Probably a lot of pissed off people there right now. He also railed on the "Customer Experience" which I think is alluding to the problems you are seeing, Sal.

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    I was kinda in shock when he flat out told me the problem of the back ups..

    Quote Originally Posted by CruisnCobra View Post
    But if you just leave the truck in 2wd and disconnect them, it will just be like any other OEM that don't do axle disconnects. Shafts/ front diff/ front driveshaft will just spin from wheel speed but t-case won't provide power. Unless Raptors have front lockers. Then that won't work.
    Ah ok I get what your saying.. gonna try that tonight
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    Run new lines to the hubs, it did it on my 2010. It was not bad at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Krazybones View Post
    Run new lines to the hubs, it did it on my 2010. It was not bad at all.
    Yea job looks fairly easy but it's all covered under extended warrenty. (Incase the actual hubs are bad.. been grinding like marbles in a food processor! )
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    Quote Originally Posted by CruisnCobra View Post
    I believe if you just unhook the vacuum line to them they should just stay engaged and not grind. Hubs will be locked in obviously but not a big deal and not as annoying as grinding.
    It worked.. no grinding .. now gotta get into the dealer..

    Matt..Yea looks easy but I have an aftermarket Ford warrenty that covers everything.. Might as well make them pay for it.
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