Okay, I messed up royally, now what should I check/ fix? I was driving off road (obviously) and tried to go up a hill. Well i got stuck on the hill, slid back into a ditch. The front drivers side tire was completely submerged and so was the tie rod ends, the rad wasnt touching the mud. What do I do now? I got it out (wrecker) and drove it home no issues.

 

If it drove home fine, just give it a good bath and you should be good to go.

 

Maybe check the front wheel bearing? Possibly front diff fluid?

Red

 

Dam, man get some MT tires, no wonder you went to the ditch lol..... JK, a good full service wash and your good to go.

 

If it drove home fine, spray it off and go on. Looks like you were having a good time until you got stuck. I know you have a plow so it kinda screws it up, but if your buddies can't pull you out then a winch will work wonders.

 

well the problem there is theres nothing to winch off of, its all little shrubs. Wasnt trying to get it stuck, a storm came out of no where and flash flooding took place.

 

even the wrecker got stuck 😂i dont think it was the tires. Do you think the front diff fluid should be changed?

 

these are after I took it through the car wash, an automatic one. Body looks fine, under carriage looks rough. On the plus side, it is covering some rust holes on the floor pan

 

it would not hurt to drain the front diff if it was never changed before.

 

It was the tires. Wreckers usually have street-only tires, and it was probably 2WD. You need all-terrains if you're going to take it off-road regularly. Here's my buddy's 4x4 Nissan with street tires, in a prairie field that had just been burned. Had to pull it out with a tractor.

+1 on the wheel bearings, including the needle bearing for the drive axle on that corner. Dunno about the suspension ball joints or the joint on the tie rod end. Looks like yours is an OEM (no zerk). Diff will be a pain since it's TTB. Perhaps siphon it out and refill with fresh....

 

agreed the tires werent helping, but once she slid back, i was up s*** creek without a paddle. The plow harness was digging in the mud. The wrecker was a 2013 F550, 4x4 with all terrains. What does no zerk mean? Whats the needle bearing?

 

Along with the regular suspension wheel bearings in the hub, there's a needle roller bearing that the drive axle passes through.

As for the zerk, just look at the pic of your tie rod end. The factory joints don't have a fitting, and most aftermarket ones do. If it were a greasable, I would have said re-grease it and be done. With a non-greaseable, I honestly don't know what to do with one that's been submerged. Maybe it's fine.