Important Survey II, Please Respond
Feb 4, 2005 | 09:21 AM
#42
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1995 4Runner - 180,000 miles. Moderate to difficult trails. And as crazy as it may seem I've never broken anythign off roading. I always take spare CV's and tie rod ends but I guess I just drive slowly and take it really easy. I dented up the factory rear bumper pretty well but have since replaced it. I also have pretty scraped up rock sliders and a very dented gas tank shield. I do replace stuff at certain mileage intervals and maybe that plays a role in non breakage.
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Feb 4, 2005 | 01:01 PM
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1) Toyota/4Runner/1995/196,000
2) Easy to Moderate and peak at the Difficult but can't handle them yet.
3) Engine - driving it accross Texas and back with a bad cat that caused my exhaust valve to burn out and then lose oil preasure and smelt a couple main bearings.
2) Easy to Moderate and peak at the Difficult but can't handle them yet.
3) Engine - driving it accross Texas and back with a bad cat that caused my exhaust valve to burn out and then lose oil preasure and smelt a couple main bearings.
Feb 4, 2005 | 03:09 PM
#44
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From: Boulder, CO
1) Make/Model/Year/Mileage Of Your Rig
1994 Toyota 4Runner, 190,000
2) Type of Trails You Drive (Easy, Moderate, Difficult)
Moderate
3) Name anything and everything that you've broken and how you broke it.
Dented front bumper, lower valance, dented rear bumper, crushed tail pipe, crushed turn signals, both CV's, radio antenna, dent in the rear quarter panel, blown 32" Mud King and too many idler arms to count.
1994 Toyota 4Runner, 190,000
2) Type of Trails You Drive (Easy, Moderate, Difficult)
Moderate
3) Name anything and everything that you've broken and how you broke it.
Dented front bumper, lower valance, dented rear bumper, crushed tail pipe, crushed turn signals, both CV's, radio antenna, dent in the rear quarter panel, blown 32" Mud King and too many idler arms to count.
Feb 4, 2005 | 06:12 PM
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From: ARIZONA
Originally Posted by AznSky
Hey guys, I'm doing some research for a school project and I need to find out what everybody normally breaks on the trails. So if you guys could, please state the following:
1) Make/Model/Year/Mileage Of Your Rig
2) Type of Trails You Drive (Easy, Moderate, Difficult)
Easy - Relatively easy terrain, minimal ground clearance required.
Moderate - Moderate level terrain, rutted trails, with possible clearance problems, ditch crossings.
Difficult - Most difficult terrain, definite clearance issues, large vehicle articulations, possible roll over situations.
3) Name anything and everything that you've broken and how you broke it.
Mods I don't know if it's ok to put this in this forum, but is there anyway to sticky this for just a couple weeks? It's kinda important.
Thank you for your time
1) Make/Model/Year/Mileage Of Your Rig
2) Type of Trails You Drive (Easy, Moderate, Difficult)
Easy - Relatively easy terrain, minimal ground clearance required.
Moderate - Moderate level terrain, rutted trails, with possible clearance problems, ditch crossings.
Difficult - Most difficult terrain, definite clearance issues, large vehicle articulations, possible roll over situations.
3) Name anything and everything that you've broken and how you broke it.
Mods I don't know if it's ok to put this in this forum, but is there anyway to sticky this for just a couple weeks? It's kinda important.
Thank you for your time
2. Moderat mostly, only 3 episodes of Difficult
3. Have had it 8 months. Never wheeled prior. Now wheeled every weekend. only thing broken is the Rear axle seals and the Driver side coat hanger hook. Have banged up the skid plates.
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Feb 4, 2005 | 06:34 PM
#46
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1) 1988 Toyota 4Runner (22re) 237,xxx
2) Easy, Moderate, Difficult
3) Tranny/tcase crossmember is getting bent up, front skid is bashed, front diff cradle is dented, rear driveshaft is scraped and marked up, rear bumper dented, exhaust manifold cracked in death valley, blew rear diff seal in death valley.
2) Easy, Moderate, Difficult
3) Tranny/tcase crossmember is getting bent up, front skid is bashed, front diff cradle is dented, rear driveshaft is scraped and marked up, rear bumper dented, exhaust manifold cracked in death valley, blew rear diff seal in death valley.
Feb 4, 2005 | 11:58 PM
#47
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From: Barcelona (Spain)
Hello,
1) '94 4Runner 3.0 Turbo Diesel
2) Moderate-Difficult
3) Smashed rear bumper, broken exhaust pipe, broken fron diff ring & pinion, one rear swaybar to axle braket broken, lots of scratches (Here the most trails are narrow), broken corner light, some dents, stock skidplate destroyed and custom skidplate (4mm of steel) destroyed also, acted like a shovel in the mud and teared all the bolts and nuts! Pic1 frame damage, Pic2 frame damage, Pic1 Skidplate destroyed, Pic 2 Skidplate destroyed
1) '94 4Runner 3.0 Turbo Diesel
2) Moderate-Difficult
3) Smashed rear bumper, broken exhaust pipe, broken fron diff ring & pinion, one rear swaybar to axle braket broken, lots of scratches (Here the most trails are narrow), broken corner light, some dents, stock skidplate destroyed and custom skidplate (4mm of steel) destroyed also, acted like a shovel in the mud and teared all the bolts and nuts! Pic1 frame damage, Pic2 frame damage, Pic1 Skidplate destroyed, Pic 2 Skidplate destroyed
Feb 7, 2005 | 10:58 AM
#48
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From: Elwood, Il
1.) 1985 Chevrolet K5 Blazer, ~230K miles
2.) Moderate to Difficult
3.) Lots of body damage, and getting more every trip(hey, sometimes its hard to squeeze fullsizes through the narrow trails). Rear bumper mostly removed by rock, front bumper becoming a bad rock feeler, t-case mounts pulling through frame, bunch of broken tailights, and a couple diff covers, U-joints, auto hubs. Mostly just cosmetic, except for my frame.
2.) Moderate to Difficult
3.) Lots of body damage, and getting more every trip(hey, sometimes its hard to squeeze fullsizes through the narrow trails). Rear bumper mostly removed by rock, front bumper becoming a bad rock feeler, t-case mounts pulling through frame, bunch of broken tailights, and a couple diff covers, U-joints, auto hubs. Mostly just cosmetic, except for my frame.
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Feb 7, 2005 | 11:01 AM
#49
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From: Boston
1) Make/Model/Year/Mileage Of Your Rig
1998 Toyota 4Runner 113,000 miles
2) Type of Trails You Drive (Easy, Moderate, Difficult)
Easy to Moderate
3) Name anything and everything that you've broken and how you broke it.
Nothing yet.
1998 Toyota 4Runner 113,000 miles
2) Type of Trails You Drive (Easy, Moderate, Difficult)
Easy to Moderate
3) Name anything and everything that you've broken and how you broke it.
Nothing yet.
Feb 7, 2005 | 11:27 AM
#50
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From: Plainfield, IL
92 4runner 120k
moderate to hard
been wheeling the same truck for 3yrs
one cv joint. I had rolled on my side, and my so called buddy wasnt able to strap up to me. So i turned my steering wheel out of the ground (so the tires were pointed up), 4 low, reverse, full throttle, and the rest was history. Oh and by the way it worked i was on all 4's in no time.
moderate to hard
been wheeling the same truck for 3yrs
one cv joint. I had rolled on my side, and my so called buddy wasnt able to strap up to me. So i turned my steering wheel out of the ground (so the tires were pointed up), 4 low, reverse, full throttle, and the rest was history. Oh and by the way it worked i was on all 4's in no time.
Feb 7, 2005 | 01:06 PM
#51
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From: Albuquerque, NM
2000 4Runner, some mods (see below)
Moderate to Difficult
I have only wheeled the difficult trails for the last year or so and my rig was built to handle them, so minimal breakage so far
I agree with Adrian, for an accurate survey you should be comparing apples to apples. One man's difficult is another man's easy.
Moderate to Difficult
Moab - Poison Spider, Golden Spike, Gold Bar Rim, Metal Masher, Cliff Hanger, Hell's Revenge
CO - Chinaman's, Holy Cross, Wheeler Lake, Mt. Taylor
NM - Tank Trap, Rio Puerco, Misc. un-named trails
Smoked 2 clutches, Dented rear bumperette, Pin striping, Stock skids destroyed (including gas tank, several times)CO - Chinaman's, Holy Cross, Wheeler Lake, Mt. Taylor
NM - Tank Trap, Rio Puerco, Misc. un-named trails
I have only wheeled the difficult trails for the last year or so and my rig was built to handle them, so minimal breakage so far
I agree with Adrian, for an accurate survey you should be comparing apples to apples. One man's difficult is another man's easy.
Feb 12, 2005 | 01:01 PM
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From: Lehigh Valley PA
1) Toyota 4Runner 1991, 160K or so miles
2) By your definition, Moderate trails. I consider them "easy" (I run greens and blues at Paragon.)
3) You don't say 'broken on the trail' or not. I've not broken anything on the trail. Currently the vehicle's not running because of a wiring short somewhere. I have no idea how it happened and I'm really teed that I have to drop the friggin fuel tank, as the fuse blows every time I jumper the damn fuel pump.
The only other thing I had done was I had the local stealership replace the cables in the electric sliding moonroof -- they were broken when I bought the vehicle.
2) By your definition, Moderate trails. I consider them "easy" (I run greens and blues at Paragon.)
3) You don't say 'broken on the trail' or not. I've not broken anything on the trail. Currently the vehicle's not running because of a wiring short somewhere. I have no idea how it happened and I'm really teed that I have to drop the friggin fuel tank, as the fuse blows every time I jumper the damn fuel pump.
The only other thing I had done was I had the local stealership replace the cables in the electric sliding moonroof -- they were broken when I bought the vehicle.
Feb 13, 2005 | 09:26 AM
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91, 200k miles...moderate trails max.
Broken...nothing so far...at 200k though lots of things replaced...new enginge, tranny, ujoints, air intake mod, shocks, brakes...more coming i am sure. lol
Broken...nothing so far...at 200k though lots of things replaced...new enginge, tranny, ujoints, air intake mod, shocks, brakes...more coming i am sure. lol
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Feb 13, 2005 | 12:53 PM
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From: South, La
94 pickup. 115,000k
Easy to moderate trails. Mostly play around in the mud.
Broken/Replaced:
Blown transmission
Pinion seal
CV axle seal
Blown rear end
2 CVs
Normal scrapes from branches
All of the above listed except the cv's were done in one mud hole. I was up to my tailights on the driver side in mud and water for 2 1/2 hours. Couldnt shut the engine off since the water was above my tailpipe so it sat running til i waited on a friend.
Easy to moderate trails. Mostly play around in the mud.
Broken/Replaced:
Blown transmission
Pinion seal
CV axle seal
Blown rear end
2 CVs
Normal scrapes from branches
All of the above listed except the cv's were done in one mud hole. I was up to my tailights on the driver side in mud and water for 2 1/2 hours. Couldnt shut the engine off since the water was above my tailpipe so it sat running til i waited on a friend.
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