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[Rocket Man]

Can you post the video when you get a chance, just so we can see the moment? That had to be pretty violent.

 

[pwtr02ss]

Damn. That sucks and must have been helluva hole. I'm glad you kept it under control. That could've been way worse. Hopefully they'll cover your repairs.

 

[Fosscore]

Good job keeping it under control. Hopefully you can get it claimed out somehow.

 

[mikeyss]

Can you post the video when you get a chance, just so we can see the moment? That had to be pretty violent.

I will post it once I get the camera back. I only took overnight essentials out, tomorrow once I meet the dealership it got towed to, I'll pick up my cam

 

[adventurenali92]

Ouch!! Oh man what a day! Glad you’re ok though!

 

[swathdiver]

Had a bad day today... Was travelling back from NC Outer Banks back home to Colorado... And hit a huge pot hole in Topeka, Kansas. It took out my driver's side lower ball joint, may have damaged the CV axle, may have taken out the strut, and it DESTROYED the wheel. These are OEM Sierra all terrain wheels I bought a few years ago, so matching up one should be fun. I'm 600 miles from home, I'm incredibly frustrated, as I replaced EVERYTHING a few years ago to prevent this.

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Looks like the Michelin held up fine too! Tire is tougher than the wheel! Or is it?

 

[mikeyss]

Looks like the Michelin held up fine too! Tire is tougher than the wheel! Or is it?

The Michelin is the ONLY thing that looks like it is not damaged. The wheel is definitely f*cked, the lower control arm ate into the inside of the wheel, the CV axle is trash because I can see grease slinged onto the inside of the wheel. I wish I could have gotten a few more pics, but I was only 5' off of I-70 with cars flying by at 75-80mph, I feared for my life, lol

 

[swathdiver]

The Michelin is the ONLY thing that looks like it is not damaged. The wheel is definitely f*cked, the lower control arm ate into the inside of the wheel, the CV axle is trash because I can see grease slinged onto the inside of the wheel. I wish I could have gotten a few more pics, but I was only 5' off of I-70 with cars flying by at 75-80mph, I feared for my life, lol

Glad you are ok man, get more pics later. Is it going to be towed home for repair or fixed near the crash site?

 

[mikeyss]

Glad you are ok man, get more pics later. Is it going to be towed home for repair or fixed near the crash site?

Since I'm 600 miles from home, I'll have them make it drive-able, and have them throw the spare tire on it. I'll drive it home and then go from there.

*Members Beware*

Be CAREFUL of what you're buying from RockAuto.... I replaced all of my front end stuff from them, the parts SAID Acdelco... But I didn't realize that they sell acdelco 'professional' which is s*it quality and it isn't true genuine parts from GM. I didn't research this when I spent 2k on the front suspension 3 years ago. I already had both front hubs fail under 10k mileage, which I THOUGHT were genuine parts, and now this lower control arm issue. I literally WASTED money and time on INFERIOR parts that I thought I was buying the real deal, while all I was buying crap. I do my own work and I THOUGHT I had genuine parts that would last as long as the OEM stuff....

 

[swathdiver]

Since I'm 600 miles from home, I'll have them make it drive-able, and have them throw the spare tire on it. I'll drive it home and then go from there.

*Members Beware*

Be CAREFUL of what you're buying from RockAuto.... I replaced all of my front end stuff from them, the parts SAID Acdelco... But I didn't realize that they sell acdelco 'professional' which is s*it quality and it isn't true genuine parts from GM. I didn't research this when I spent 2k on the front suspension 3 years ago. I already had both front hubs fail under 10k mileage, which I THOUGHT were genuine parts, and now this lower control arm issue. I literally WASTED money and time on INFERIOR parts that I thought I was buying the real deal, while all I was buying crap. I do my own work and I THOUGHT I had genuine parts that would last as long as the OEM stuff....

Often times ACDelco Professional parts also has a GM part number but that is still not a GM OE part. Many GM OE parts carry a different ACDelco number. It takes a lot of research to be certain. I go to GMPartsDirect and GMPartsGiant and check those numbers against ACDelco's Parts Catalog and RockAuto.

For example:

Control Arm, Lower, Driver's Side
GM OE = 20869201
ACDelco Professional = 45D2471 which is also GM 19313224 which is also Moog CK620956