Lifting 2025 Maverick AWD Hybrid safe for CV joints?

[JohnCondren1933]

I was thinking that someone would be able to see if the CV Joint on 2025 are the same or not than on the 2024

2025 cv joints are redesigned from 2022-24.
Doesn't mean they are better, everyone hopes so. Wait till 50k miles on a 2025

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[JohnCondren1933]

Lets do some math for the challenged.
If you lift a mav 1 inch (say by putting 1 inch taller struts on it), the CV joint is now angling down more which puts more stress on the CV joint bearing.

...BUT....get ready...

if you THEN replace the tire with a tire 2 inches larger in diameter,
the wheel center moves up 1 inch, so now the CV joint angle is
.. get ready...
EXACTLY the same angle as before you lifted it 1 inch & then installed tires 2 inches taller.

So for a 2 inch lift, if you can fit tires 4 inches larger in diameter, your CV joint angle will be back exactly where it was before you lifted.

Math is fun right

I'll be a guinea pig, lol. My '25 Maverick Lariat hybrid AWD is scheduled for this week. I already have the 2.5" lift kit from Rough Country with all new struts and springs. I've already mounted my 235/75R17 Hankook All Terrain tires on steel wheels. Don't hate, if you saw my land, you would understand.

I even have a pair of BREMBO knock off 4-piston calipers to try on the front designed to fit a Volvo S60-2.5L. Flexible brake hoses from a '21 Transit Connect should work, though I also ordered custom hoses.

I'll post when I have received my truck and have made the changes. Wish me luck! I drive more than a hundred miles per day, so in no time I'll have plenty of test miles. SQUEAL!

 

[CNJFF]

Lets do some math for the challenged.
If you lift a mav 1 inch (say by putting 1 inch taller struts on it), the CV joint is now angling down more which puts more stress on the CV joint bearing.

...BUT....get ready...

if you THEN replace the tire with a tire 2 inches larger in diameter,
the wheel center moves up 1 inch, so now the CV joint angle is
.. get ready...
EXACTLY the same angle as before you lifted it 1 inch & then installed tires 2 inches taller.

Math may not be hard but geometry sure is, apparently.

 

[Robot-Wrangler]

Lets do some math for the challenged.
If you lift a mav 1 inch (say by putting 1 inch taller struts on it), the CV joint is now angling down more which puts more stress on the CV joint bearing.

...BUT....get ready...

if you THEN replace the tire with a tire 2 inches larger in diameter,
the wheel center moves up 1 inch, so now the CV joint angle is
.. get ready...
EXACTLY the same angle as before you lifted it 1 inch & then installed tires 2 inches taller.

So for a 2 inch lift, if you can fit tires 4 inches larger in diameter, your CV joint angle will be back exactly where it was before you lifted.

Math is fun right

Just for clarity: The CV joint angle doesn't change with taller or shorter tires and a 30" dia tire is the Maverick's max without rubbing. Body height and ground clearance do change with tire size and also with lift or lowering kits. Stock tires are around 28" dia.

 

[Robot-Wrangler]

The life cycle of CV joints could be lessened slightly with the lift kit. No more than if one driver drives straight down the freeway versus another driver on curvy bumpy roads. The new '25 CV joints should take the increased angularity just fine for many tens of thousands of miles.

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