MY FRONT SUSP BROKE...BIG TIME!!! PICS

Damn Matt I'm glad you're safe!

Hope you get it fixed soon

 

thanks guys, it sucks but this kind of stuff is all part of the game

the bolts were poor quality. prob stock. i bought the LT kit used and when i picked up the parts the LCA and spindle were still attached so i never touched these bolts, just torqued them to spec. big over sight on my part, but o well.

the LCA got scraped up a bit but it's fine, the fender is mangled to hell, i'm gonna have to replace that. but over all, it wasn't that bad, just sucks big time.

it could have been worse, i was on the freeway 10 min before it happened...

so since my truck is down for the count at the momnent i figured, might as well get the rear end done... so, i'm gonna drop off all my parts to the shop today and let them start in on some rear LT building

 

Are they going to put the front end back together while it's in there?

 

yup, gonna out the broken side back together and replace the bolts on the driver side before they break

 

I would think the bolts were at least a grade 8. Should be a 10.

 

yeah, should have been... but they weren't

they will be now though

 

swinging by Frontline tomorrow morning and dropping off my pile of rear LT parts. i'll try to get some better pics of the damage too while i'm there

got my rental car tonight also... hundai accent... big pimpin

 

THE BACK TO THE FUTURE TRUCK THAT IS ON HERE....
Its funny! That truck is what always made me want a Toyota.... Wow! Its a ugly truck these days... Thought is was cool as sh*t then though...

 

dude... what?

 

Homer's sig. 3rd post

 

wow... that comment was definitely from left field. I thought he was talking about MATT's truck. haha. i was like WTF?

 

I realize that I probably don't need to say this but taking from the aircraft biz - most important tool - a torque wrench and it is always a good measure to get new hardware... very cheap insurance.

 

I believe he said he did torque them to spec. Just didnt check em out to make sure they werent stressed.

 

they were at spec, just crappy bolts that were on the kit when i bought it used. should have been smart and replaced everything, but didnt. dumb mistake

 

And I almost forgot!!! - You do have an aircraft!!! What do you have in the way of bump stops?

 

Not gonna lie I wouldnt have even thought of those 4 bolts breaking. But I guess anything can happen when you jump your truck! lol. Ya I'll make a mental note to upgrade to better hardware all around when I go LT one of these days...

 

And it would not hurt to replace that hardware on a schedule.

 

As far as jumping the truck regularly? Ya that probably wouldnt be a bad idea to check everything out probably once a month?

 

Hope everything works out with ur rig.