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

nope, its tough. as hell. when peepl loose wheels, the ball joint breaks the fall.

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

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...

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

yeah, the really burly industrial kind that can hold thousands of pounds.go ahead,come off now wheel, i dare ya:burnout:

Or some caster wheels LOL

Or Training Wheels!!!

hmmmm.. that's weird.

 

I lost a wheel and I ended up shearing the ball joint nut off.

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.