Lower Balljoint Finally gave.

[EXR-ALB]

The title says it all.

My drivers side lower balljoint popped. Crushed my new fender, crunched my down pipes, screwed the tire, cracked a rim I think, took out the axle and destroyed my ABS. All but the ABS is fixed now, can't figure it out. Must be something wrong with the ABS cable, it looks good on the outside but inside may be internally damaged.

The funny part is it happened while pulling into the parking stall at friends work. He's a local mech.

[slammed4thgen]

ouch.

pics?
sorry mate

[Wickd_cb7]

Ouch. Good thing you werent moving at highway speeds though. That could of been way worse then fixing your car.

[Leung]

i didn't feel safe with my old as dirt factory lower ball joints, so i replaced them after reading all the horror stories like this.

glad to see that you weren't hurt or anything.

[StinkinLincoln]

yea now you got my looking at my car like.....When are you going to pop?? lol

[Flatline]

.....i have lower balljoints sitting in my tool box waiting to be installed.

Been there for 8 months. maybe i should get on that.

[gloryaccordy]

One thing I'm glad I don't have to worry about. Doesn't hurt that I have the larger + stronger Prelude LBJs. Def. the last of my worries

If u have another car, just take the knuckles off and go get em pressed at a shop. It's a life/death deal.

[deevergote]

This is a perfect example of what happens when you neglect the ball joints. People always just assume "oh, it won't happen to me!" Glad you weren't hurt, man!

[ibr_adam09]

This is a perfect example of what happens when you neglect the ball joints. People always just assume "oh, it won't happen to me!" Glad you weren't hurt, man!

Same with drugs =p

[Accrdwgnguy]

Quick tip to see if you need new bj's: Jack up the front of the car so the wheels are off the ground. Take a pry bar, longer the better, and pry between the control arm and knuckle. If there is play between them, time to replace that bj.

[cp[mike]]

id say the abs wire is probably torn from stretching that far, its easy to replace. sucks that happened but you say its already all fixed so thats good. any pics? a couple years ago i was standing on a street corner and watched it happen to a '95 accord just as it was passing by me :P

[EXR-ALB]

I'll grab the ABS wire next trip to wrecker. Sorry no pics, I'm sure you guys have a pretty good idea of what it looks like.

I had the new BJs in the trunk. The one that broke had no play, it was just really dry. My quess is the turn into the lot seized it up cause once it was out the ball was welded solid to the cup. It snapped right at the knuckle.