Lower ball joint FAILED-with pics

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Feb 21, 2013 | 08:15 AM

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Yari617

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Originally Posted by airfed

Same thing happened to me in one of my acuras, all I could think about is what if I was on the interstate next to a 18wheeler. Now I have lower ball joint paranoia.

Ball Joint Paranoia, same here.

Feb 21, 2013 | 08:19 AM

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its because of the nissan wheels. lol

hahaha

Feb 21, 2013 | 05:00 PM

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same thing happened to me in my old 5.0. cept i was flying down a block when it happened. then the **** who towed it ****ed up my fender -__- glad your alright though and no major damage to your car

Feb 22, 2013 | 05:36 PM

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appreciate the post, just ordered a pair from rockauto, cheap insurance!

Mar 26, 2013 | 01:43 PM

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This thread is worthy to be Stickied.

Apr 1, 2013 | 11:26 AM

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BiggDatty

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You should be fine, ball joints nowadays are at a reasonable price.
Glad no one was hurt though.

Apr 5, 2013 | 09:21 PM

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megomaniac

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this thread made me change my ball joints! moog from rock auto ftw

Apr 10, 2013 | 02:36 PM

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Griever

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Well now I'm off to check my ball joints

Apr 11, 2013 | 08:42 AM

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mball19

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I am replacing mine with new Moog ball joints tomorrow.

May 31, 2013 | 08:46 PM

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impactblac

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i need to look into this quickly.....my car has 150k on the clock....

Jul 23, 2013 | 12:17 AM

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Chrees

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Same exact thing happened to me

Oct 28, 2013 | 03:11 PM

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vrudy17

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Did you replace the ball joint your self? If so how long did it take you and did you go ahead and replace the strut and springs? How much did it cost for all the parts?

Jul 27, 2014 | 03:33 PM

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I'm sorry thats happened to you. Same thing happened to me before but with a different car. It sucks and its scary. I hope that you are okay.

Jul 30, 2014 | 01:25 PM

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Lo and behold this happened again!! I'm a newbie to this car stuff but before the first incident ball joints were not a nuisance. Is this typical, changing ball joints yearly maybe even twice a year?? What else could be the problem?