well last night when i was pulling a u turn at luckily only 10 mph my right outer balljoint gave way. its been clunking for a week now but i thought it would get me at least until spring. but i was wrong. the car clunked when it popped out and then ground along the pavement for a few feet with both front wheels pointing in opposite directions. all i could do was get a tow truck. when i was getting a good look at it while the tow truck was on its way it looked like the joint had pulled through the control arm instead of the ball coming out of the socket. has there been any problems like this with our cars? this isnt the type of failure i was expecting. so i need at least a new control arm and whatever might have bent or broken in the incident plus whatever damage may have happend to the car while it was dragged onto the rollback. so i guess my point is, if there are any clunks in your front end, check it out pronto because i had about a weeks warning and it could have been ALOT worse if i was going fast. it renders the car uncontrollable. __________________ Vince Carknard 1995 318ti Active Hellrot, 16" 5 spoke, "Fogged" airbox mod, Stromung exhaust, Bilstein Sports, BMW sport springs, 3.73lsd, others... |