I had nothing useful to add but curious of the outcome
I did pick a good user name though
Is @K30Blazer going to become FlipperK30?
I did pick a good user name though
Is @K30Blazer going to become FlipperK30?
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What in the steering could have been damaged in rollover?
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Whatever is eventually found, I bet the damage was done during recovery more than the actual roll itself.
I don’t care who you are…..that is a hard landing! I’d be looking real hard at the passenger’s side rear spring pack
And Merrick….dude, WTF? If all things in the world to pull your beast back on its wheels why in the world film a Ford Raptor of all things when there is a cherry old Chevy right there to help a brother out!
I don’t care who you are…..that is a hard landing! I’d be looking real hard at the passenger’s side rear spring pack
And Merrick….dude, WTF? If all things in the world to pull your beast back on its wheels why in the world film a Ford Raptor of all things when there is a cherry old Chevy right there to help a brother out!
Whatever is eventually found, I bet the damage was done during recovery more than the actual roll itself.
I don’t care who you are…..that is a hard landing! I’d be looking real hard at the passenger’s side rear spring pack
And Merrick….dude, WTF? If all things in the world to pull your beast back on its wheels why in the world film a Ford Raptor of all things when there is a cherry old Chevy right there to help a brother out!
for real. I was so stoked on that square but the raptor was willing to help and the square guy wanted to just stand around. He is the one in the orange vest shooting video.
Yea, it was a hard hit, there wasn't any other way of doing it. I was actually impressed by how well it handled it.
That is a good point though. I have spent all my time focused on the side it rolled on whereas the passenger side took a lot of force.
On the good note, apart from the steering wheel clocked weird and the strange rattle thunk clud, it drives like new again. tracks straight and true down the freeway even at 80 mph +
Post up a pic of how your steering wheel is clocked now. I assume it was centered before?
The axles have to be parallel to start with. Crawl-walk-run. Fix this first. And check the sector shaft for cracks or a twist just for safety. Make sure the steering arm studs are good and the knuckle top is not cracked for the same reason. This stuff will kill you. A bent frame or axle or a lot of the other possible problems will not.
Thanks man. I am leaning towards the spring packs being off. I need to spend some time pulling the u bolts and checking everything. So far everything has been focused on the steering, but I am beginning to think it is in the axle hangars or packs. I have DIY4X easy inches that may have shifted. I am gonna pull the pitman arm and check the output shaft, the sector shaft was fine when I changed to the XJ shaft. My rag joint was trashed, but it has been dying for a long time.
I have checked the steering arms and knuckle tops and they are fine.
I did find that the u Bolts were loose. I snugged them down again, but REALLY need to revisit this.
I would think that having bent Springs or shackle would cause the vehicle to track to the right or left. He said it drove straight down the road with the only odd thing being the steering wheel. Wouldn't that point more to the steering shaft being twisted or the steering box to frame being twisted? (Or a twist in the pitman arm???) I don't know about any one else, but I'd have been holding onto that steering wheel for dear life as it was getting whipped around... maybe adrenaline (and his super powers) caused some twisting of that shaft as he was trying to correct the truck before it went over? Is that even possible??? Sorry... it just seems strange to me that if that truck continues to drive straight with only a steering wheel offset... (Let the flaming begin!!!)
Rob
Rob
I have seen a steering colum shaft twist off at the junkyard--we were just trying to steer a car we were dragging with the loader,the car had flat tires and no engine,so we couldn't get the P/S pump to turn...
A co-worker was trying to turn the steering wheel as hard as he could to get the tires to turn to make a corner into the shop,and the shaft sheared off !...steering wheel came right out of the colum...
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The short answer to "what could have bent or broken in a rollover"is "just about anything"...seen some really strange stuff happen in roll overs on vehicles..parts you's assume had zero stress on them twisted or sheared,cracked,bent...others you think would have taken the brunt of the forces were unharmed..
A co-worker was trying to turn the steering wheel as hard as he could to get the tires to turn to make a corner into the shop,and the shaft sheared off !...steering wheel came right out of the colum...
..The short answer to "what could have bent or broken in a rollover"is "just about anything"...seen some really strange stuff happen in roll overs on vehicles..parts you's assume had zero stress on them twisted or sheared,cracked,bent...others you think would have taken the brunt of the forces were unharmed..
this whole "it drives straight down the road" can be a red herring. Mine felt like it went down the road straight as an arrow, with the steering wheel not being straight as my only real clue something was amiss. My tape measure check also showed about an inch of wheelbase difference side to side. What the truck was doing was slightly dog tracking going down the road. The rear diff was no longer parallel to the truck, which cause me to have to steer a little right to keep the truck going straight. Only to me it felt like the steering was just off by a lot.
Have someone follow you, I'll bet they say your truck is dog tracking now...and I'll bet the center pin is either broken, or the U-Bolts were just loose enough that the center pin popped out of the hole in the perch on the passenger side rear.
Have someone follow you, I'll bet they say your truck is dog tracking now...and I'll bet the center pin is either broken, or the U-Bolts were just loose enough that the center pin popped out of the hole in the perch on the passenger side rear.
I've seen front leaf spring eyes open up or break off on square body 4x4's more than once--ones that never rolled too!..
