well i we've been gettin a bunch of snow lately, had about 7inches this day, and i got off work at 7am that mornin. i went home and waited fro the bank to open to put my pay check in, and i went to the bank. on the way home i was takin a shortcut through a subdivision and this old man was in the middle of the road so i tried to scoot over for him since he wadn. my back tire slid off the bank and fell into a drain and over i went! the man never even stopped. i wasn't hurt at all, i was only goin about 15MPH. tow truck winched me back over, only damage was a smashed in fender. didn't even break my mirror off. the sliders saved a lot i believe. let it sit for a minute, fired it up and been drivin it since. mechically fine, but its hard to keep it on the road now. i was in 4WD when it happened, and now in 4WD i get a little dshaft vibrations. and it steers horribly. dunno if it knocked it out of line or what





damage, can t really tell from the pics


the old man may have not even known i did wreck, he looked to be 70ish. pray he doesn't cause this to happen to anyone else as it could have been a lot worse

 

Horrible steering...have you done visual inspection of the front end yet?

 

cleanest flop i have ever seen....like 99 said, check everything visually and maybe have an alignment done....

 

what exactly are you refering to? i aint looked at it much. its been 7-12 degrees here lately so ive been outside as little as possible

 

be careful drivin in that snow man, some of the craziest things happen at the most unexpected times.

i watched a buddy of mine roll his trail truck making a turn goin about 5mph...anything is possible.


glad to hear you're okay though!!!! and the truck wasn't hurt too bad!

sounds like you're bent something up front though.

 

yea i dont think the ole fart even seen me comin toward him. i think what messed my steerin up is the way the tires are turned. if youll look at the pics, my drivers side tire is turned more bc the pass side is on the ground. just noticed that.

 

Prob. just out of alignment now, maybe bent tie-rod?

Check the front end out when its warm enough, I know the feeling lol

Glad your ok, and little damage!

 

yea i was figuring somethin along those lines. and here i was suppose to go pick up my 4.88 3rds tommorrow oh well goin to get em after christmas

 

wow good thing you were going so slow! im glad your ok but hey you even have your side mirror still.

 

just glad u or the truck weren't hurt 2 bad. old geezers suck but we'll b n their shoes oneday.

 

That kinda sucks. Glad the damage wasn't worse.

 

haha yea shoulda seen the cops face when he seen the mirror still attached


yea poor ole feller probably never even looked back. or he coulda said "'oh crap im gettin the heck outta here!!"

 

Thats weird... I see your tracks in the snow, were you still driving on the road or were you off the road? And is there is a drainage channel or something that your tire got caught in?

Might seem like dumb questions, but I live in a different country lol.

 

dang man. I almost did that once when a smaller vehicle spin out in front of me. Have to step the gas twice to get it stop. So have you got your steering rod replace under the toyota recall yet? I think it was the 50n recall. If you haven't so then it is your chance to get it replace for free and that may fix the steering problem... Good Luck to you and be safe.

 

I was in an accident where my front left tire hit the back of a Corolla and knocked the tire way out of alignment. My steering felt like a wet piece of bread afterward. I visually checked all the steering linkages, got it aligned, and it has been fine since.

 

i was on the orad to begin with lol, then i was tryin to get over so i wouldnt hit the feller head on and i kinda slid down the bank. yes theres a driain that caught my back tire

 

You probably just tweaked one of the links or rods on our aluminum can material steering set up. That's crazy you didnt do more damage than that!

 

Cleanest flop ever! You're lucky.

 

I will agree with everyone, CLEANEST FLOP EVER!!!!!! Good work man haha. Good thing nothing really got hurt other then your steering.

 

nice! no damage! i bet the snow cushioned your landing... i almost did this yesterday driftin the yota, i spun a 180 and went into a drainage ditch. i tipped up on 2 tires when i landed in it but there was an embankment that i leaned into so it couldnt flop all the way! locked it in and pulled her out no problem. got one good scratch and my mirror just folded over!