Well, we had a happening today at an off road park. We haven't had rain this month so it was extremely dry when most of the year it stays extremely muddy. The dealership puts on these happenings and come to find out most of the owners that show up are somewhat timid and don't want to do very much on the trail. Also, some there today had brand new rigs and were not ready to do anything very bad.
I didn't do much either. We rode one short trail and my driver's side front suspension started banging. Not knocking, not popping...banging. I could feel it in my feet and it was coming from the driver's side and felt like the frame was being hit with a hammer. When I took the rig in earlier this week the service tech said they were replacing the passenger side because it was weak. There was another service tech there today who took off steps and was there for support. He took a look and couldn't find anything wrong or anything loose. Jacked up the front end and the driver's torsion bar was still loaded. He took it for a spin and luckily had the bang happen for him.
This was early in the ride so it made me apprehensive to do much else, especially with my illness, having my wife, 3 year old daughter and 1 year German Shepherd all with me. We did get some video from the dashcam of most of the ride and of some 4wheelers in a bad hole and some Jeepers that were there. I will post that some time next week.
To top that off, after the happening was over a couple of us stayed and rode around watching the 4wheelers and Jeeps. I filmed a H1 going through a mud hole and then decided to follow hoping my front end would stay together. We went through fine but then a few minutes after that my Service Air Suspension notice comes on.
I gave up and headed home.
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