My VX ran over me

[Marlin]

I found another silver lining. I am going to try and drive it FWD only tomorrow. I know 4low will work, but I am curious how TOD will react.

As for the tat, already have one....

[VX KAT]

I found another silver lining. I am going to try and drive it FWD only tomorrow. I know 4low will work, but I am curious how TOD will react.

As for the tat, already have one....

OMG, that tat was a forecaster of the future!!!!

[samneil2000]

OMG, that tat was a forecaster of the future!!!!

You should get a tat of a pot of gold or a bucket of money and see if that works.

I'm glad you are ok. That was a close call.

[Marlin]

and don't forget the front cladding

your a lucky man Chris and I'm glad your okay. Stick to the sparks and leave the mechanics to people that know what their doing.

As far as driving it with the rear shaft removed. Can't remember what ours are like, but most drive shafts have a machined rear spline that seals the tail shaft seal. i.e.; keeps the red stuff inside the gearbox.

Ours is a flanged on design. Pinion seal holds the fluids inside:0 The spline is in the slip yoke in the shaft portion of the drive shaft. I ran around with no front shaft for months, I just want to do it as an experiment, no one seems to have done it yet.

Is that a BF Goodrich All Terrain KO tread mark on your front shoulder or is that a General Grabber?

That is Goodyear Kevlar MT tracks buddy, no weak AT for me....lol

[Marlin]

Ortho couldn't tell me anything today. It is too swollen, but since I have decent motion control, it should be fine and that the tingling could be from nerve damage. Could go away tomorrow, could be forever. No worries,I can deal with that.

The really embarrassing part is I just did this job on the RS a month ago. I installed new rear wheel bearing and a new rear third. I remembered to put chocks under it for that...

[Triathlete]

Unless the RS was parked in front of the VX I don't think chalking the RS wheels would have helped

[MeowMix]

Ortho couldn't tell me anything today. It is too swollen, but since I have decent motion control, it should be fine and that the tingling could be from nerve damage. Could go away tomorrow, could be forever. No worries,I can deal with that.

Hmm...That's what I was worried about. Neurological damage is usually irreversible. Well regardless, everything is undecided at this point. Perhaps when the swelling goes down and the healing process begins, everything will go back to feeling normal again. I'll pray that everything works out well for you

[Marlin]

Is the VX ok....I hope you didnt hurt it ....

My bumper definitely saved it from some nasty cladding damage. That stop sign didn't leave a mark on my trucker. It broke the sign off at the concrete in the ground...Grrrr. My VX eats stop signs for lunch.

Hmm...That's what I was worried about. Neurological damage is usually
irreversible. Well regardless, everything is undecided at this point. Perhaps when the swelling goes down and the healing process begins, everything will go back to feeling normal again. I'll pray that everything works out well for you

Well, it is sore as hell to touch right now, but I am able to move it a lot more today. No lifting my arm up and out (like if you were to make a chicken wing) But I can move it quite a bit. I think the worst parts:
I need to do some more maintenance on all three trucks. The movers come on the 30th to start packing our stuff.
I am a side sleeper, I normally sleep on my left side, which is of course the hurt side. I go to sleep on my right side, only to find that I have woken myself up when I try to roll over onto my left side

I also had my first nightmare. I was wondering when that was coming. In my dream, my head did get stuck, then I managed to get it out, only to have it parked on my rib cage as I tried to wiggle out. Interesting dream.

[Ebenezr]

Hmm...That's what I was worried about. Neurological damage is usually irreversible. Well regardless, everything is undecided at this point. Perhaps when the swelling goes down and the healing process begins, everything will go back to feeling normal again. I'll pray that everything works out well for you

Careful here. Nuero injuries fall into different categories. The type of injury here is likely to recover. My opinion. I'm not a neurologist but I have been a veterinarian for 25 years.

[VXorado]

That is Goodyear Kevlar MT tracks buddy, no weak AT for me....lol

That asymmetric tread design hurts so good. Serious though, glad you're okay.

[Marlin]

That asymmetric tread design hurts so good. Serious though, glad you're okay.

Yep, the kevlar did real good with traction, stuck to me no matter how hard I tried to wiggle out from underneath it.

Good news, I can move my arm around a little bit, no lifting yet. Bruise has colored either, can't wait for those pics.

[Marlin]

The wife said it happened because I was whining about driving the old girl 2000 miles. My back already hates me just for thinking about sitting in that seat for that long. She is a trail queen, 13000 miles in almost 3 years. 1000 miles when I drove her home, another 1000 driving back and forth for my ortho appointments in Beaufort, and 1200 on driving back and forth to URE. She doesn't get driven too much, just back and forth to work and trails!!!

[rowhard]

Ours is a flanged on design. Pinion seal holds the fluids inside

K, wasn't sure without crawling under or opening the book, just hate to read your next thread about fluid lose and burnt up gearbox.

I understand the nuc safety B.S., worked on many victor alert jets, what a pain. But there's safety and then there is personal safety,... (welding in flip flop's comes to mind)

Glad your okay Chris. Am sure this injury will be reminding you for a good while if not forever