s'ko Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 Anyone ever made a ball joint protector? That nut at the bottom of the control arm seems awful vulnerable to damage. Who has ever had problems with the nut sheering off or is this not a common problem. BW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archemitis Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 nope, its tough. as hell. when peepl loose wheels, the ball joint breaks the fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinky Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 I had a wheel come off at 80km/h ( 50 mph ) on a freeway and slid to a stop on the balljoint nut. The nut / bolt were damaged but were still good. I didn't need to replace them ( but I did anyways ) as long as I didn't want to ever undo that nut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstaru Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 i recently had an incident with my drivers front wheel coming off and that nut and balljoint stud was pretty nuch my saving grace.i think i am gonna put ski's on mine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorganM Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 i recently had an incident with my drivers front wheel coming off and that nut and balljoint stud was pretty nuch my saving grace.i think i am gonna put ski's on mine... Or some caster wheels LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstaru Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 yeah, the really burly industrial kind that can hold thousands of pounds.go ahead,come off now wheel, i dare ya:burnout: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthWet Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Or some caster wheels LOL Or Training Wheels!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s'ko Posted December 21, 2004 Author Share Posted December 21, 2004 hmmmm.. that's weird. I lost a wheel and I ended up shearing the ball joint nut off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstaru Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 i guess i was going slow enough for it to just weld itself to itself......nut to bolt.i was going about 40mph when it happened.guess i was just lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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