Topic: bent fame????

[83yota5960]

couple months ago was driving i just put a new ifs box on my 83 pick up and was going around a sharp turn when the box locked or binded up and my wheel was locked turned ended up going off the road and hitting a tree. the body damage was very minor just the bumber was smashed and hood barley pushed in. i never really thought much about the frame cause i wasent going fast and it was i thin tree but i noticed my truck sits about two inches lower on the side i hit it on so i checked frame hights and the passenger side is about a inch lower then driver. so obvosley its bent i checked for cracks or anything didnt find any. just wondering if its dangerous to keep driving on. i have been driving it for about a month or two havent noticed anything dif. and you think any shops would be able to striaghten it out alittle.

ill gets some pics up soon thanks.

[junya92toy]

Did you check for a bent spring?

[OOPS]

think any shops would be able to striaghten it out alittle.

Yes, but it will not be cheap. I would check the springs first.

[83yota5960 [OP]]

i just looked the side its leaning to the spring looks alot flatter then the other.

[83yota5960 [OP]]

you can see the passenger side lower

[junya92toy]

Maybe measure the gap from the axle to the frame, to see if the spring is flat?

[83yota5960 [OP]]

yes i did meausure from axle to frame and i found a about a inch dif. whitch yea the spring is flatter but would a bent down frame be pushing the spring down making it like that. cause i dont see how hiting a tree make a leave go flat goes it wasent like that before the tree.

[junya92toy]

Well you said went offroad, did you hit a bump or anything?

[4RunnerChevy]

I know you measured your axle to frame.  Did you check that RF body mount, or any of them ?  I think you have a combination of things, but not your frame.  Are your tires scrubbing, this would indicate a frame or axle problems.  Heck a blown spring bushing, could cause a lean.  I have nailed deer, trees, railings, building and rocks, and its always been something other than the frame. 

[83yota5960 [OP]]

ya where i went off there was a good two or three foot ditch that i went over but when i went over i never felt it so i figured it kinda jumped it but it all happened fast so ya it could possibly be from that.

[83yota5960 [OP]]

ya my core support is pushed back maybe a inch and my body mount/body lift block is bent back or at a angle thats what i thought it was at first. so ya it probably is that and part flat spring

I know you measured your axle to frame.  Did you check that RF body mount, or any of them ?  I think you have a combination of things, but not your frame.  Are your tires scrubbing, this would indicate a frame or axle problems.  Heck a blown spring bushing, could cause a lean.  I have nailed deer, trees, railings, building and rocks, and its always been something other than the frame.