Until you have somebody put hands on it, you have Band-Aids.
Not sure about Nevada butā¦Yea itās def other drivers fault but I forgot to mention it was a hit and run. Driver fled as soon as he stopped spinning. We stopped ahead because it was at an intersection and when I looked over they were gone. Thatās why I would have to use my own insurance. We didnāt have time to get the plates and were assessing damages didnāt want to take off after them. Oh well win some you lose some.
So far looking at it before I take off the pitman arm, it looks bent to the left. Which is weirdbecause the impact forced it right. Hard to tell tho. These are pics with the wheels pointing straight. I drew the arrow mark when I installed the sector shaft brace. So that tells me itās not the splines just by looking at it. The nut is still lined up with the pitman arm. If it had slipped it wouldnāt be lined up. So it mustāve slipped internally? and possibly bent the arm?
@kevman65 draglink is fine; still in itās position at the adjustment threads.
I was under the impression uninsured motorist coverage was only for medical and wouldnāt cover vehicle. So I removed it because I have good health insurance.Iāve used uninsured motors a couple times from parking lot mishaps/surprises when returning to my car from shopping. My girlfriend used it when an uninsured driver hit and totaled her car, a truck, and severely damaged a semi on the interstate a couple years back. Been worth keeping for us.@Gvsukids confident in my band-aids
@TinMan2020 Iāll have to ask my insurance person, I literally just removed it a couple months ago when I switched to state farm
Yup new pitman arm fixed my issue. Impact bent it. Luckily it was the only thing that bent. My sector shaft brace from metalcloak saved my gearbox. Spent like $110 on pitman arm from rockauto and then I bought a new bumper from metalcloak for almost $1000. Did this instead of paying deductible lol on top of that, harbor freight had a sale on their badlands winch, got it for $369 after tax.
Just waiting on the pitman arm supposed to get it todayYup new pitman arm fixed my issue. Impact bent it. Luckily it was the only thing that bent. My sector shaft brace from metalcloak saved my gearbox. Spent like $110 on pitman arm from rockauto and then I bought a new bumper from metalcloak for almost $1000. Did this instead of paying deductible lol on top of that, harbor freight had a sale on their badlands winch, got it for $369 after tax.
Hope your jeep gets fixed as simple as mine ! Cheers
Gotta love those dash cams!Smacked a car that ran a red light last night. My girl was driving and didnāt have time to stop. Long story short I need a new bumper and my alignment is off. Nothing looks bent but I can only turn left a tiny bit and I can turn right a lot. I can see that the steering gearbox pitman arm is favoring the left side now. It maxes out to the left fairly quickly because it moved. Can turn to the right a lot, more than normal It seems. Still drives straight for the most part but I will still get an alignment asap.
Obviously the impact caused it, Iām just wondering if the spines strip on the sector shaft, or is it internal that would cause the pitman arm to move left from 12 o clock with the wheels straight. Havenāt had time to inspect it further, just looking for info from others that have had this happen. Thanks in advance.
