Overall pre, mid and post trip inspections

[Michael_Exploder]

As a member with an older rig, I always do a pre, mid and post trip inspection of my ride from top to bottom. I start from the roof rack and work my way down until I’ve put eyes and hands on anything that may loosen, leak, be chafing, cracking or looks worn, paying close attention to wear parts like ball and CV joints, knuckles,shock mounts and U joints…Post trip inspections are a great time to find the beginnings of a leak, whereas dust accumulating around a loose fitting, leaking hose, seal or gasket surface is a great tattle tale.
In a recent inspection I found a lower ball joint had a torn rubber boot, I’ll be replacing the right and left sides this week, keeping one of the used ones as a trail spare.

Safety Note: Be sure to make sure Your vehicle is in park with the parking brake set and a wheel chock placed behind a wheel before getting under Your rig.
Most importantly, be sure to pick a safe spot to do Your under vehicle inspection taking care not to have Your legs , arms etc. sticking out beyond the overall footprint of the vehicle in order to avoid getting hit by another vehicle pulling into Your driveway or passing by on the street.

 

[danwyandt]

Pre trip i always do about a week or so out, in case i need parts. The mid trip inspection is something I do every morning before hitting the trails. Found a CV going away just before leaving camp (2 weeks ago in Uhwarri) to hit some difficult rated trails. Would have been bad.

 

[Jason Shelby]

As a CDL truck driver, A pre-trip is done daily before using the vehicle, and post trip is conducted at the end of the day, so nothing is a surprise the next morning.

 

[grubworm]

As a member with an older rig, I always do a pre, mid and post trip inspection of my ride from top to bottom. I start from the roof rack and work my way down until I’ve put eyes and hands on anything that may loosen, leak, be chafing, cracking or looks worn, paying close attention to wear parts like ball and CV joints, knuckles,shock mounts and U joints…Post trip inspections are a great time to find the beginnings of a leak, whereas dust accumulating around a loose fitting, leaking hose, seal or gasket surface is a great tattle tale.
In a recent inspection I found a lower ball joint had a torn rubber boot, I’ll be replacing the right and left sides this week, keeping one of the used ones as a trail spare.

Safety Note: Be sure to make sure Your vehicle is in park with the parking brake set and a wheel chock placed behind a wheel before getting under Your rig.
Most importantly, be sure to pick a safe spot to do Your under vehicle inspection taking care not to have Your legs , arms etc. sticking out beyond the overall footprint of the vehicle in order to avoid getting hit by another vehicle pulling into Your driveway or passing by on the street.

excellent points
not to throw shade on the younger generations...BUT i do see where people will use a bottle jack to lift a vehicle and then crawl under it like nothing bad can happen. man...use some jack stands with that jack and and chock those wheels. i drove that into my kids heads and they still refuse to do it...