epic fail

Hi Guys and Gals, well went out this morning to try and get my new 12' beach rod wet, went down the end of my road thru roundabout instead of going left to redhead turned right to go up track, cruising along track in 2 wheel drive, hit a soft patch, and got a little slowed down, shifted into 4wd, realised i hadn't set my hubs yet (usually get thru it in 2wd) and heard a bang and hilux stalled. what the heck? , so i get out and have a look, couldn't see anything at first glance, so had another look and found my front prop shaft, the rear pinion was being held on by one bolt and ithad twisted and taken out my 4wd light wires, had no tools on board( unusual for me) so i rang my wife woke her up, then a guy pulled up in a green range rover, asked if i needed help, i asked if he had a 12mm and 13 mm spanners. he did so i ripped one from the rear propshaft and did a quick fix. locked the old girl in 4wd, dropped my tire pressures down, and gently but firmly pulled of my little hole. the not so funny thing was out of four people who went passed me, only one stopped to lend a hand/ tools.

I didn't get to go fishing and i did get my truck fixed and drop off the tools at a friends place, for the guy. Thanks to the guys at All 4x4 kotara.

Thanks mate whoever you are.

So moral of story is to check your pinion flange bols every now and then, i have a habit of forgetting to do the transfer case end, so this is my second call third one won't happen.

one other thing, where i get on to the beach, theres not much room for too many vehicles so i wait till i get further in to air down, due to safety.