PowerTrike
03-04-2005, 10:06 PM
The landing kinda hurt. LOL so heres the story:
The roads were extremely icy on Sunday here in MN. I was running a little late for work but didn't realize how bad the roads were until I lost control at about 60mph trying to slow down going around a sharp turn on the highway. Tapped the brakes and turned the wheel but the ol' cherokee flew straight into a hard packed snowbank, went over the snowbank, got a good 5+" of airtime and flew a distance of about 20 feet or so. Landed hard on the front drivers side wheel going down into a very deep ditch and almost rolled it but it came back down on all 4s. Seatbelt kept me from hitting the steering wheel and I made it out fine. Damage was suprisingly less than I expected to see at first, probably due to a stiff 5" lift that I installed, and I was slowly able to limp home after switching out a wheel. I bent the crap out of my cragar rim, blew the tire off, bent the lower front shock mounts when it completly bottomed out on the Lower control arms, bent one axle control arm mount, broke an axle seal and lost most of the fluid (almost sure that I bent the housing) :eek: Damn. Just had to share my fun experience and vent a little! Feel free to share yours.
I was roughly quoted $200-500 to get the front axle replaced with another wimpy D30 and good parts swapped in from my old axle (brake, shafts, etc.)for labor (pretty much all I need to do I think) I think I found a complete axle for about $100 and will probaly buy it. Anybody know anything about doing an axle swap? (front Solid)
The roads were extremely icy on Sunday here in MN. I was running a little late for work but didn't realize how bad the roads were until I lost control at about 60mph trying to slow down going around a sharp turn on the highway. Tapped the brakes and turned the wheel but the ol' cherokee flew straight into a hard packed snowbank, went over the snowbank, got a good 5+" of airtime and flew a distance of about 20 feet or so. Landed hard on the front drivers side wheel going down into a very deep ditch and almost rolled it but it came back down on all 4s. Seatbelt kept me from hitting the steering wheel and I made it out fine. Damage was suprisingly less than I expected to see at first, probably due to a stiff 5" lift that I installed, and I was slowly able to limp home after switching out a wheel. I bent the crap out of my cragar rim, blew the tire off, bent the lower front shock mounts when it completly bottomed out on the Lower control arms, bent one axle control arm mount, broke an axle seal and lost most of the fluid (almost sure that I bent the housing) :eek: Damn. Just had to share my fun experience and vent a little! Feel free to share yours.
I was roughly quoted $200-500 to get the front axle replaced with another wimpy D30 and good parts swapped in from my old axle (brake, shafts, etc.)for labor (pretty much all I need to do I think) I think I found a complete axle for about $100 and will probaly buy it. Anybody know anything about doing an axle swap? (front Solid)