Hitting Oversized Pot Holes... Damage?

Anyone else get overly angry when you hit a pot hole you don't see? Minnesota has the worst after the winter hits.

I hit a few in a row (at night couldn't see) that were about 6-8 inches deep at about 20-25 MPH. The truck hit them pretty hard. I drove by them this morning and it looks worse than how I felt I hit them. I visually inspected the front end under carriage of my truck and no scrape marks are visible.

I'm paranoid that I may have damaged something.

 

You can cause damage from hitting overly large pot holes but you'd likely know it pretty quickly. Either your alignment would be way out or you'd have damage to the wheel or tire that you'd see and/or feel.

 

Could have damaged something, but how bad and how soon till it breaks? That's hard to know. Is it tracking straight? If not get an alignment. I think every state that has been under a blanket of white for the past 4 months has ridiculous potholes right now.

 

No wobble in the steering wheel and it drives straight. What is the worst case scenario here?

 

Took a few thousand miles off the ball joints and shocks probably. Check your tire sidewalls for a chunk missing. If everything else is as it was before you hit the potholes, then you lucked out for now.

 

I wouldn't worry about it, especially going that slow. Like Pugga stated, you would notice a shimmy or alignment issue due to damage tire/wheel or off alignment. Just do a visual on the tires/wheels. Some shops like NTB or Firestone can check your alignment for free.

 

Highly unlikely, but you could have cracked a rim. It happened to me a long time ago...the only reason I found it was because I had a slow tire leak. When I decided to take the wheel of to get it replaced, I noticed a huge bulge on the sidewall (not on the street side) and a crack in the rim right under it.

 

Eastern PA its really bad around here my tacoma has hit a few and is fine I did blow out a side wall and dented my rim in my old scion tC those low profile tires were horrible around here.