Sir Sam Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Also, my day just keeps getting better, this morning I needed to drive down to denver to pickup a Jeep I bought I monday, I got a friend to drive down with me so I could drive it back, then this happened: Guy on a HD trike rear ended me right after traffic came to a standstill on I25, I had been stopped a few seconds when I heard the rather ominous sound of a tire locking up, looked back in time to him clip my left rear and go flying. Guy went tumbling through the air are rolled on the ground before stopped a few feet in front of me on the median, his trike went tumbling along behind him and luckily stopped before it landed on him. At the time there was a CSP car parked on the passenger side just across from us on the passenger median, so there was a trooper there right away. I'm fine but my passenger now has whiplash, which developed pretty much as soon as we left the scene, so I'm not sure how that will all work out. I talked to the trooper who took my report a few hours later to get the info to me, I asked him how the trike guy was doing and he said he is alert and conscience and says he thinks he will be fine. So now my jeep is down for a bit, in addition to the cosmetic damage something is off in the rear and the drivers side is sitting up high, the unibody does not appear to be tweaked but for some reason its sitting up higher there. I also appear to have a bent axleshaft or wheel as I get some odd wobble/vibration and I believe I can see the rear wheel "wooblying" as I drive down the road. When it rains it pours(I have a metric butt-ton of other things going on and having my Jeep down is not convenient), and you guys may not care but Yellow Jeep Cherokee Freedoms don't exactly grow on trees, and there were only about 2200 Cherokee Freedoms produced in 2000, less than 500 of which where yellow, so its kinda a shame for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 if anyone can make that baby shine like new again, it's you Sam. :D hopefully your friend will be ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boots Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Grown ups shouldn't ride tricycles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sam Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20111 ... dyssey=tab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camjeep3 Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 I wonder if the hit tweaked your shackle or leaf spring? sorry to hear about it man. and like pete said you will have her up and running again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sam Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 I wonder if the hit tweaked your shackle or leaf spring? sorry to hear about it man. and like pete said you will have her up and running again Ya I looked into that and it seems fine, right now my best bet as to why its sitting higher on the left rear is that the impact pushed my left rear airshock up, and now its a little overfilled and doesn't want to settle back down. Cycling the pressure in my airshocks may let the vehicle even back out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Don't know why yer blaming the Triker for. It's a scientific proven fact that rare bright yellow vehicles with bright red rear lights are the hardest things in the world to see. :shake: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW86 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 otep sucks ....just thought id put that out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpdriver1 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I can feel your pain --- my mj was hit and most likely totaled today :fs1: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sam Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 otep sucks What is otep anyway? The sticker was on the window when I bought it and I just never remembered to remove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfreeman616 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 sounds like either damaged axleshaft or damage leaf/shackle...but i'm sure you'll figure it out and get it fixed up :wrench: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 At least you'll get a nice check and fix it for cheap. I don't feel bad for the guy on the trike, just you. gotta pay attention or this stuff will happen. It's a shame about the xj, good luck fixing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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