Went blasting through a water hole with some mud and smashed a rock. It tore a whole in the IFS in the front and i now need a new transfer case. Cracked it leeky now i took a pic. i dont know if its fine to leave it as is or just weld some plate in there. truck drives fine.

 

ouch

 

wow that sucks

 

i was expecting an air bag lol. i hit hard and came to a stop.

 

What a great idea that was

 

yeah i'm sure he knew there was a big rock in there.

anyone else would probably of done that.

 

we've all done dumb things. my friend did the same thing 30 mins later but cracked his radiator. i told him to watch out, but those GM guys think their trucks a like a rock.

 

Ironically, it hit a rock, lol.

I've seen another ranger, actually in my apartment complex, with similar damage. He's had a hell of a time keeping it aligned ever since. He put a superlift on, thinking the straighter drop bracket would help... not so much. Not saying you will have the same problem, but that looks pretty gnarly.

 

its out of align big time. toed out big time. i'll see what happens at work tomorrow. Im actually thinking of trading her in for a car needs a tranny. tcase, cv's and a heater core.

 

it needs all that? and you have plans to drive it across the us this summer?

 

Yes. Lol I plan on doing the tranny in a week or so. The cvs will be tomorrow and a tcase if I can get one for.a decent price at the Jy this week. The core isn't a big deal at this time just a few drips.

 

Sounds like a hot mess lol

Yeah get rid of her before she costs you too much money.

And if you get another truck....skid plates are your friend :)

 

Skid plate most likely wouldn't have helped that much. The stock ranger skids are practically tinfoil anyway. OP sucks about the truck man.

 

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Sounds bad, I hung a refrigerator in a mudhole one time. Someone thought it would be a good place to dump it I guess.

 

Ouch, that sucks man! I would definitely be concerned about future alignment issues! I think if I were in your position for that part I'd straighten the best I could and then reinforce it!

 

I'm not dumb enough to just go full throttle into a mudhole that I didn't know was free of boulders or trash.

 

My ladyfriend tried to be like me once, and go thru a large puddle over the road doing like 45 (in her Grand Am GT) and the "ram air" sucked up some water, it was hilarious.

 

get the tdi

 

Dude, every time you go through a puddle, you come out with damage.

Busted joints, oil in your seat (not related, but funny) and now this.

I think your truck is mad at you now. You un-murder it, and then you trash it. lol.

 

ouch.....

 

she hates me today with a passion.

UPDATE: did an aligned at work tonight and yall are right i cant get it. Stays in red.

 

I gotta fix her b4 i sell it ya know. i cant trade in a trashed truck. when i do or if i do il take off the goodies.

 

Dibs on anything good lol.

 

ouch man that sucks bad.