Mad Chemist

Well, I've been considering picking up a spare CV, just in case I ever had one blow out on the trail. I'm curious what you guys may have broken while offroading. The worst I've run into is a bunch of pinstriping, and a dent in the rear fender.

oly884

Ummmm, let's see. Damaged body parts: drivers door (top right corner), Drivers side fender (the tree and it didn't get along), passenger side fender (same as above), passenger side extended cab right below the window (slid off a root into a tree), both bedsides and tail gate (damn trees) Oh, by the way the tail gate was down when my dad desided to back into a tree with it. The only mechanical problem was that I broke my altinator bolt that holds it into the bracket.

UNLIMITED96

i broke my rt outer cv joint coming up a off caster rutted hill,
& bent my lt rear bumper extension at the same time on a
stump , what a good day that was. had too be dragged
for about a mile over some rough s%^t.
other than that just some major scratches.


eric

rimpainter.com

I had a twig puncture the sidewall of my Goodyear GSA's on my old Tacoma. Those tires suck.

Hyperlite

OK lets start with:
3 Procomp a/t sidewall tears
4 Drive axles (3 CVs, 1 Shaft)
Front Differential seals (2)
Rear axle seal
Torn steering rack boots
Worn Out Bushings (swaybar, steering & body)
Bad Steering Rack
Bad wheel sensors (abs)
Busted Radiator
Hydrolocked
Batery (water damage)
Blown Radiator
Torn Off FR fender flare (tire size issue)
Torn Off FL fender flare (tree issue)
Torn Off molded mudflaps from flares (mud issue)
Huge dent in TJM (big stump and tall grass)
TJM tiedown loops bent sideways
Broken Antenna
Dents (FL fender, FR Door, skid plates & Rear Bumper)
Bent Tailpipe into Trailer Hitch
4 towstraps
1 100 foot 3/16 Winch Cable

maybe I should take it easy

Hyperlite

oh yea there might be more I think
1 Altenator (water damage)
3 headlight bulbs (water also)
Hood is not strait

ssbogger

I'll bet that was a suprise!! WHAM!

OneTrickToy

From one trip.....

Body damage- passenger tail light assembly smashed and about one inch of body damage in every direction around the light.

Mechanical- severed bump stop, ripped off differential breather, and, it's up to speculation, but my recent ring gear failure could be because of that too, but I think it was going before I took it offroading.

SteveS

Since I don't do "offroading" I haven't damaged anything but a few tires, and my wallet. After spending time exploring the backcounrty I started spending $$, now I can't stop. I think it money well spent. Alot depends on your level of 4Xing, but IMO carrying CV and U-joints are a good idea, but a good tire repair set-up (compressor, Safety Seal, tube, tire tools, etc) is more useful.

wimpywade94

well i decided my truck was a baja one day and heres the list of things that i broke.

my hood flew off...literally off.
lr fender just behind the cab, HUGE dent...
front bumper valance,
front bumper right side hanger.
front bumper.
rear bumper got a small dent.
diff breather got ripped off.
lost my skidplate along the way,
bent the stock transfer plate up agains the transfer
tire got a flat
1 nose (hey he should have wore the seatbelt it told him)
cd player
radar detector
alignment
bent steel stock wheel
snapped cb antenna
spilled pop all over my carpet.
lost most of my tool kit
bent my radiator support.

dont ask what happend....its just a series of my going fast in the desert over whoops....i ended up on the side of the truck in a ditch... i must say though, for 1 day of 4x4 fun it was exciting!

other things that i have broke....tow hook, 1 tow strap, 2 cheap kc lights, blew an engine, broke a rear u joint...that pretty much sums it up...

good times:pat:
later
wade

Mad Chemist

Yikes, sounds like an exciting day!

Yoter

All ive damaged was a tow strap from trying to get a two wheel drive ranger back up off of a horse trail. These guys were doing a night run in a frikkin 2wd truck. I was out on the town cruising and my buddy got the call that retards were offroading on a damn horse trail. They got stuck on a major down grade and chickened out as would I if I were in that lil ˟˟˟˟˟ truck. They were so far down this hill that we had to double up tow straps and I guess mine was the weakest link. SNAP! I was pissed and telling the dipwads to cough up some cash for a new strap. Go figure none of em had money. I will never go tow someone I dont know out. Let em walk!

StoryR

Wow, I thought I had it fairly bad...

Rear Bumper (still not replaced to date...there just is none!)
There are a few nice dents on the rear passanger side
Blown radiator
Paint Scratches (inevitable!)

thats about it!

Yoter

What about downtown offroading? I forgot about denting my rear bumper back in the days of FITTING into the covered parking garage at the Medical Center I work at. I was backing into my spot and forgot about that damn concrete pole that blocks rigs from backing into the wall. I was pissed that was my first and last actual damage to my 4Runner. But thank god I cant even fit into the covered parking garage now even though I constanlt worry I will try and tear my roof lights off.

FUGGRWE

One time I jumped a curb in my Exploder, bottomed out, and blew both my fog lights. Curb jumping is no sweat in the 4Runner though.

Yoter

I want to tell you guys about a Jeeper I saw. I was taking my buddy home from the bar and he told me to stop quick. He saw this Jeep Cherokee lifted with ARB toys and then some. It looked sweet as hell until my buddy pointed out "look under neith" I looked and even as drunk as I was I still saw the problem. This guys transfer case EXPLODED! I had never saw a transfer case do that. The houseing was shattered but the rest of the rig made up for it. I hate wranglers but Cherokees are sweet. Prolly cuz im an suv guy.

seafarinman

Here is my list of casualties:

(4) factory alloy wheels warped badly (from jumping a fallen tree on the trail at Tahuya State Forest)

Both upper and lower ball joints
Steering arm
Pitman Arm
factory rear bumper (caused further damage to rear corner below
right rear lights)
LR Bushwacker flare
rocker panels on both sides caused by Smittybuilt Nerf bars on a 3' drop at Tahuya State Forest(not repaired, but Nerfs were replaced with sliders)
Dents on roof from roofrack hitting a tree on an off camber section of 198 trail at Evans Creek
Hella Vision Plus H4 DOT legal replacement headlights(replaced with non DOT legal ones)
Front bumper drivers side turn signal light lens
Right bedside (from backing into a tree at Tahuya State Forest)

paxam

on my 85 4X4

tire 33.12.50 15
4 wd shifter
Front end driver internal nuckle broke in the mud.
rear end gears snaped teath off ring gear
plactic curved piece on front bumper.
out put bearing in transmission
ballancer came off . that sucked

jruz

Having a spare CV would be nice...but is that really a repair you want to do on the trail? If the CV goes, you can continue on with rear-wheel drive. If the terrain doesn't get any better than where the CV broke...you're probably best off just turning around there.

Now if you're out in the middle of no-where on a long trip, that's a different story. Spare parts are a must!!

Just my 2-cents.

Jim

Mad Chemist

Jim,

The problem is with the 3rd gen 4runners is ADD (automatic disconnecting differential)- with a busted CV, we can't unlock the front hubs and just continue in 2WD. The CV's are always turning even in 2WD, at least thats the way I understand it. Also why ORS charges 1100 bucks for the manual hub swap......