FUELER Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 (edited) Packed the car up to go wheeling on Sunday Then I hear a loud clanging noise and my R50 is steering funny. I looked in the wheel well and saw this. again SLOWLY rock crawled like this all the way back to town. I am very lucky to have gotten off that trail - it was in the middle of nowhere. Gas station: Jacked up: Punched a few holes in my engine bay - this is a good one Edited March 16, 2007 by FUELER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NismoSkyZ Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Holy sh!t!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mora2818 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Wowski! Glad to hear you made it home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonianbrat Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Wow you are really lucky to have gotten off that trail under your own power!! Sorry to hear about your Q though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzy Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Holy hell - what would make that happen!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonianbrat Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Holy hell - what would make that happen!? About 12 beers and one good Rocky Mtn. Trail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navygz19 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Geez man that gave me the cringes...you weren't hopping again like you said you've done before were you? :o :o Guess you're def. getting it lifted now!! That's a real shame, the wheel looks terrible in that one side shot, sorry to hear about this...DAMN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUELER Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 Holy hell - what would make that happen!? I didn't take pictures of the gnarly rock crawling because I am not a huge picture person - but I am not exaggerating when I say that I went far past where the lifted Rubicons were stopping. I had Jeep owners literally telling me that they were too scared to go where I went. I guess they had good reason to not want to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navygz19 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 (edited) If that's the case, you think you might have caught the bottom of the mount on the tire? It's interesting how it's pulled forward like that.....and I've always thought your tires were really BIG for stock height... Edited March 13, 2007 by navygz19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey.T Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 New nomination for Damaged TOTM??? Glad you made it back into Town.... Walking Sucks... PM me the whole Story, I promise not to tell Pezzy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogdor Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 That make me cringe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuismO Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 (edited) goodness, that does indeed look insane...never seen anything like it in the 0 years i've been offroading =P at least all is good. let us know what the shop fixed afterwards yea? Edited March 13, 2007 by QuismO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUELER Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 goodness, that does indeed look insane...never seen anything like it in the 0 years i've been offroading =P at least all is good. let us know what the shop fixed afterwards yea? I can already tell you: 1 new strut 1 new upper plate with strut bearing, from Nissan bend some stuff back into place alignment and i'm also getting new KYB shocks in the rear while it's in the shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nissandoms47 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 yeah thats crazy lol. mine did the same thing, and 3 days before i was suppose to go to moab! im so glad it went on a trail close to my house instead of 300 miles away.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPLORx4 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 (edited) Wow, that sucks! What was the condition of the strut mount? Do you know why the strut separated from the mount? This nearly happened to me last year! I was on a multiday trip in Death Valley National Park (involving nearly 100 miles of off-roading on bumpy roads), and I kept hearing a sharp rattling sound coming from the front suspension. Thorough investigation at our campsite in Furnace Creek (1/4-mile from the visitor center and main "civilized" area of the park) revealed that the threaded portion of the strut shaft had been vibrating in the strut mount, and the hole in the mount had become elongated. Furthermore, the threaded portion of the strut shaft had worn down to about 1/2 its diameter. When I tried to remove the nut, the threads sheared right off! Fortunately, the maintenance yard had a TIG welder, and the maintenance dude welded the top of the strut to the strut mount so that I could drive it home, 400 miles away. I really dodged a bullet there! Looks like you weren't so lucky. :sniff: Edited March 13, 2007 by XPLORx4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I can already tell you: 1 new strut 1 new upper plate with strut bearing, from Nissan bend some stuff back into place alignment and i'm also getting new KYB shocks in the rear while it's in the shop. Not bad for the amount of damage. Now you can thumb your nose at those wimpy Jeepster rides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavelow Leaks Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Sweet Carnage!! hope you get it fixed soon! Not that I love jeeps or anything, but I do wheel with about 50 on a regular basis, and a lifted rubicon stopping on a trail (unless the driver is a puss) usually means you can't go either without F'n something up. Rubicons are no joke, and while jeeps are craptastic, a rubi with a lift will own any IFS pathfinder anyday on the trail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0ast Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 wow really suprised you didn't take more damage. the strut got jammed into that new hole and that kept everything stable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dank Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Thats crazy man. At least you were able to drive it far enough to get it towed. You should definitely get it lifted now!!! What more of a sign do you need????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90seven Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 New nomination for Damaged TOTM??? Glad you made it back into Town.... Walking Sucks... PM me the whole Story, I promise not to tell Pezzy.... Stuck of the Month? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02silverpathy Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I think that Vengeful had the same thing happen to his Pathy! This is a terrible sight...my wuestion is...Is there a way to prevent this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavelow Leaks Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 remove R50 & replace with WD21...situation prevented All jokes aside, I doubt it is preventable. When you wheel, stuff breaks....It's gonna happen sooner or later if you test your limits, and that's part of wheeling. You break it, then you have an excuse to upgrade. I think it's cool that he had the balls to try something "out of his league", it feels good to show jeeps up, even if you break something. Now lift that thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdubb77 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 It hurt to see that. Glad you made it home and now it's gettin' fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NismoSkyZ Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 For all humanity...LIFT IT!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey.T Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 remove R50 & replace with WD21...situation prevented hehehe Only challenge here is that it is a QX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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