Tundras live: Dumb Dad Jokes, Incorrect Opinions, and Relationship Advice.

Went out at lunchtime and realized I never tightened these fender-liner bolts. Been driving like this a week and they're still there!

 

It is the same side that the intake is on....

 

So i have to tell you guys about my adventure on Sunday. Full of problems.

1. Low pressure light was on in the truck. Took me three separate stops to find a place to fill it up. I could have filled them at home if i would have noticed before i left.
2. Stupid stupid drivers. Driving in the right lane, car a few car lengths ahead gets into left lane. I proceed to pass. Notice them looking at their phone and then start to drift into my lane. I honked to hopefully get them to realized but I had no choice but to keep going and take the hit. Luckily i was far enough pas that they did not hit the truck, they hit the trailer only. And i am very lucky that there wasn't much damage either. The small Asian lady with her old mom did not speak English. She was able to mutter something to the effect of "no cops" and called her husband that did speak English. He came and we looked over the damage. Offered to pay for the damage and not report it. Guessing they didn't have any insurance and i didn't want to mess with that again so i just took the cash and left. Whats crazy is that most of the damage to the car was already there. The bumper was all taped up and there is no way my trailer did that much damage to the front quarter panel. Main concern is the wheel hub. Probably needs a new bearing and cap, maybe full replacement. It ran straight and didn't have issues after though. Used some duck tape to just keep the grease in and dirt out.
3. Front strut popped off the ATV about 2 hours into my ride. Had to use a ratchet tie-down strap to compress the coil and then opposite use the strap to hold the strut to the frame shock mount. It was a good bush fix to be able to actually continue on the trail. The other side also popped out shortly after. Only had one strap so i cut the strap and used the other end to tie it on in hopes i would hold the strut in place. Well that didn't work so i moved to using the strap with the winch to create enough tension to keep the strut in place. I really thought that the bolt sheared off because the top nut was still in place. I found out that nothing actually broke. The ATV has a small spacer lift. The spacers are screwed onto the shock shaft and then attached to the frame mount. Well the shaft must have unscrewed itself during the ride and fell out causing the issues.
4. The seat on the ATV flew off while driving home. I was so pissed that i would have to go back and pick it up off the highway. Pulled over just to check and it was still in the trailer. Thank God.

 

I snugged them up before I left.
Really surprised they went 500 miles without falling out!

 

No kidding

Thanks. Hope so too.

 

That would be awesome