I hit a tree.

So, I was offroading in this place near my cousins house and we were going up this hill. There were ruts on either side of the path and right at the end of the ruts, it shot my truck to the right and i hit a tree. It was nuts. Like a dumbass, I wasn't wearing my seat belt so I hit my head on the windshield and cracked it (i'm fine). The front end is very surprisingly! NO DAMAGE! I hit my front end and slid my tire into it. My front right tire hit the tree harder than my bumper did. It kind drives funny now. I can't explain it, but now my steering wheel is off. Do you guys know what kind of possible problems I should look for? I love my truck and I really don't one broken thing breaking other things.

 

damn that sucks. hopefully it just knocked your alignment off. good luck

 

Get an alignment & you should be OK.
Count your blessings - could have been worse!

 

That does suck! Does it pull to one side when you let go of the steering wheel or when you apply the brakes?

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Bent wheel maybe? Does it drive straight or is the steering wheel just turned?

 

the steering wheel is turned when the wheels are straight. I actually went out to look at my truck and the right wheel is turned to the right when my left wheel is straight. I suspect a bent control arm. I'll post picks up tomorrow.

 

It could be a couple things wrong with the suspension but I would get an alignment and the guy should tell you if anything is wrong. Glad you aren't hurt.

 

Thanks for your concerns guys. I'm going to get an alignment as soon as I can and hopefully, there won't be to much wrong.

 

Could be a bent spindle.

 

x2. Probably bent that spindle. Look at it closely and Compare it to the other side. I know they are left and right different but the build is the same.

 

^^^ i must agree with the bent spindle/knuckle hypothesis.
i did almost the same thing to my 09(hit a tree with the tire) and the knuckle had bent, ever so slightly, but enough to knock the steering out of alignment and made it drive funny.
tip: with the tires pointed straight ahead see if they both look the same. the one i hit looked like it was leaning in a little on the top. it was very hard to see the bend until i put the bent one right next to the new one

 

with mine when i hit a car head on my rack and pinion, tie rods, coil and shock spindle were all bent also check your front diff a hard impact to one side can jam your CV axle into the carrier bearing of the front diff (aka youd need a new front diff and CV's) thats what happened to mine

 

glad to hear your ok, and best wishes with the truck. i'm with the others, try and alignment (fire stone has life time alignments for $149.00), that way after the work you can get it aligned again.