Posted By: Anonymous
Car nearly crashed (need some suspension help) - February 03, 2004 10:47 pm UTC
Sserious issue that needs some serious help dudes
my vehicles entire front suspension has just gone to hell the lower / upper control arms + tie rod are dead (when I even move the steering wheel now it makes this hidious screeching noise (dont ask) but its apparently the tie rod
I need some help installing the parts and finding the parts , if someone can give me a hand I would really appreciate it
thanks guys
Posted By: Mark Modrzynski
Re: Car nearly crashed (need some suspension help) - February 04, 2004 09:02 am UTC
when I even move the steering wheel now it makes this hidious screeching noise
This could be your ball joint. Mine was doing the same thing for a while. Then it broke when I was driving down the highway. Not fun.
Is the sound loud? Mine was.
Posted By: Allan Brown
Re: Car nearly crashed (need some suspension help) - February 04, 2004 01:25 pm UTC
A lot of places will give you free inspections.Think midas muffler does and likely places like canadian tire maybe ,etc.
Get some quotes on what is wrong with your car and then you can do the critical stuff first or maybe buy a shop manual even haynes or chilton and maybe do some of it yourself.
But for sure don't mess around with it.Sounds like something is very screwed under there.
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Car nearly crashed (need some suspension help) - February 05, 2004 04:00 am UTC
its terribly loud and getting worse
Posted By: Jeff Mitchell
Re: Car nearly crashed (need some suspension help) - February 05, 2004 05:27 am UTC
Check your lower ball joints. If in doubt, change them.
Posted By: Rob Cauduro
Re: Car nearly crashed (need some suspension help) - February 05, 2004 05:39 am UTC
Dont you have to change the whole lower control arm on a 2g if a ball joint is bad?
Posted By: Tom George
Re: Car nearly crashed (need some suspension help) - February 05, 2004 02:41 pm UTC
No, there no need to change the entire control arm for ball joints. I did mine in the fall. Not that hard to do.
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Car nearly crashed (need some suspension help) - February 06, 2004 02:06 am UTC
where did you end up getting the damn ball joints from these guys are telling me 1200 for parts and that i cant get the ball joints seperate i need the entire control arm
Posted By: Scotty Williams
Re: Car nearly crashed (need some suspension help) - February 09, 2004 02:17 am UTC
Hey Alex,
You can replace the ball joints without replacing the whole control arm. I'm speaking from experience. As previously mentioned, Satan will insist you can't and some Canadian Tire and UAP/NAPA employee's will tell you the same. But some Canadian Tire and UAP/NAPA employee's will actually be useful and order the ball joint in for you. I got mine from CT but I don't have the part number anymore.
Just phone a few CTs or NAPA's until you get ahold of someone useful and once you get the part I'll try and give you some instructions on how to replace the ball joint.
Good luck!
Scotty
