Yea... suppose you're pulling up into a parking slot and instead of hitting "BREAK" you slam on the "GAS" and your front tires hit the Concrete Wheel Stops, in the parking Slot. The truck temporarily goes over them but then falls back.

Whats the most damage I caused to my Truck? After this incident occurred (LOL this morning) My truck just overall drives funny it feels ultra loose if that even makes any since when before it was stiff.

*Damn new shoes...* what i hate about stick gotta break my shoes in lol.

 

You might have messed up the alignment. If it drives "loose" as you say, you need to check all the steering parts for looseness before something comes off and you lose control. Usually a parking block won't hurt anything, but if you had something loose already it could have damaged it more. If it pulls to one side or wanders all over the road, you need to get the alignment checked.

 

I was afraid, of getting an answer like that Just got new ball joints please dear god let them still be good.. I'll probably head over to allen and tire on monday and have them look at it...

 

lol. substances and driving dont mix. i can tell you that ive never got the pedals mixed up once in my life.

however i have gotten out of my truck without putting it in park.

 

probably nothing wrong but alignment (if driving loose...most likely toe-in).

i once ran over a curb surrounding a little island in the middle of the parking lot at about 20 mph. not sure why it was there but i didn't see it. sure felt it.
i also got out of mine once and forgot to put it in park. out deer hunting, before daylight, dark as egypt, and was trying to walk to the back of the truck and couldn't figure out why i was losing ground.

 

If I drive a clutch for a while.. At times I will mash on the brake, thinking it's the clutch.. or sometimes find myself going for the stick shift that is not there.. heheheheh... But I have never mistaken the Gas pedal for the brake.

With the hard hit over the Stop, is it possible that the steering gearbox got messed in anyway?..

I am not sure.. but it was just at thought.

Karl

 

You know i think its all in my head, because my dad drove it and didn't notice anything.

Anyways to me and it drives fine.. I'm still going to get an alignment done to make sure nothing messed up.
Hopefully during the alignment they don't find more problems that need to get fixed...this is really putting a damper on my suspension/lift tire upgrade

 

If you are looking to do some mods in Suspension/Lift and Tires/Wheels...

Personally, I would say bear with the slight mis-alignment, if it is mis-aligned.

and put your funds towards the upgrades. I would assume you will need yet another alignment job done after the mods...

Follow what I am saying?...


Also, if you do go somewhere to CHECK the alignment.. have them do just that, CHECK it, do not let them adjust it..

Sometimes places offer Free Alignment CHECKS... Just don't let them do anything, if they find stuff... just tell them you will have to come back when you got more money... hehehehhe

Karl

 

Thanks man good info.

 

make sure when you take it in for the alignment, you dont TELL the mechanics what happend; they might try to take you by telling you somethings broke just because they know your questioning whether it is or not.