My ****** Day
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Today started with my figuring the 2 tests I had would be the worst part...
I was wrong...
My car had been making some really bad noises in the drivers side front wheel area. I had an appointment to have it looked at and suddenly the noise stopped so I figured I could chalk it up to a rock or something being wedged and then falling out.
Fast forward a week later to today, driving along and notice it's pulling kinda funky when I hit bumps...never done this before...I was going to call and have it looked at tomorrow to deal with this once and for all, was going to call when I got to my destination which I was about a mile away from...
Keep driving, hit a "road closed" area I normally drive over with bad washboarding and whatnot...yada yada get to the end of that where the dirt turns into tar so I start speeding up and am going about 30-35 and hit the tar and hear a loud BAM followed by the sound of a squealing tire, ABS/VCS/TRACTION all lights up and the squealing is just unbelievable.
I get out to find this. Ok not exactly like this...I backed up just a bit to un-wedge the wheel from under the frame then took these pictures.
$170 later
Currently
What a crappy day. Mustang's coming out of storage tomorrow.
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wow, looks like a great car you bought there.
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Whoever came up with the idea of making fully sealed joints that can't be greased is a moron.
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BMWs and Audi's have had sealed ball joints for at least 20 years. I've not heard of this happening to them, and all of them get more track time than a lexus, and some are even heavier than a GS.
What happened here? The shaft out of the joint just failed?
Good news is that this shouldn't be a big deal to fix unless the fender and other shit need to be replaced as well. Can't tell from the pics.
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thrash;272541 wrote:
BMWs and Audi's have had sealed ball joints for at least 20 years. I've not heard of this happening to them, and all of them get more track time than a lexus, and some are even heavier than a GS.What happened here? The shaft out of the joint just failed?
Good news is that this shouldn't be a big deal to fix unless the fender and other shit need to be replaced as well. Can't tell from the pics.
No idea what exactly happened...I can try get a better picture of the carnage before I leave tonight. Looks like the joint just sheared off though!
The fender is sort of bunged up but not TOO bad, hell right now I'm at the point that I can leave this car sit for the next few months and drive the mustang. I'll more than likely get it all fixed up though within the week (pending no surprises) and be back to normal.
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Looks sexy don't it!
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90% if not more companies use sealed steering and suspension components in their vehicles. Cost is the big reason. Yes, even the imports do this. Just in one model lineup, the savings is in the millions. Oh, and I've seen this in EVERY brand of car out there. Most of the time, it is caught far before it gets to this. Sorry to see your problem. It is a tits ride fo sho.
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weshole;272555 wrote:
Cost is the big reason. Yes, even the imports do this. Just in one model lineup, the savings is in the millions. Oh, and I've seen this in EVERY brand of car out there.Thank you.....
There is a reason the good aftermarket stuff is serviceable
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MisterCMK;272596 wrote:
So you never looked at the front end even though it was making noise? FAILI thought your crapstang flooded? FAIL
HAHA
Actually when it was making the noise we had it up in the air twice and checked ball joints/tie rod but obviously didn't catch the problem.
As for the mustang it sounds like it was only in about 4-5 inches of water so it's still driveable (I believe). Will find out what condition that is in tonight probably.
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Same tow guy towed a car for me last night around 10:00-11:00.
He was one of the coolest tow guys I have dealt with. -
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fanaticrockford;272628 wrote:
Same tow guy towed a car for me last night around 10:00-11:00.
He was one of the coolest tow guys I have dealt with.He was probably talking about you with me because he got some calls for his next few tows while he was helping me I think and that was around 9...
I agree he was very nice.
I'd be nice too if I was making commission on a $170 job though.
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darkelvis;272636 wrote:
First time there was no weight on the tire.
2nd time it was "up in the air" on big ramps that allowed me to turn the wheels still but have room to be underneath it as well.
Either way we obviously didn't know what we were looking for otherwise we (might have) caught it.
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