Make sure your ball joints are installed correctly!

htchevyii · Post by **htchevyii** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 10:34 pm

You've gotta love those PO's! The lower ball joint on my rat racer was hanging on by one bolt! The ball joints had been installed incorrectly with the joint on top of the arm instead of below. This puts all of the pressure on the three bolts instead of spreading out the load. Please make sure yours are installed correctly.

SLOSpider · Post by **SLOSpider** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 10:47 pm

Another forum member did that same thing. Lucky for him he posted pictures and was corrected right away. That had to be scarry when it went.

vandor · Post by **vandor** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 11:08 pm

Ouch!

htchevyii · Post by **htchevyii** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 11:48 pm

It was actually still hanging by a thread. I was going to change the ball joint and after I took out 2 bolts it fell off!

4uall · Post by **4uall** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 8:54 am

SLOSpider wrote:Another forum member did that same thing. Lucky for him he posted pictures and was corrected right away. That had to be scarry when it went.

It was me

and it is for this exact reason that I always post photos. Thanks for saving my life and Fiona's life

http://wwwe.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopi ... &start=135

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