oceansoul
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Sunbury, Surrey
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I had a slight accident in my car the other day (see thread Link)
And it appears the drive shaft has come out, and ive been told the "lower suspension ball joint" has come off?? how easy is it to put the drive shaft (longer/drivers side) back in and to fix the ball joint?? Heres a pic of the ball joint. (apoligies for bad pic, i just stuck the cam in the wheel arch)
Driveshaft's come out of gearbox btw. i know its still fixed to the wheel
[Edited on 25-12-2006 by oceansoul]
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Warren G
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Registered: 14th May 06
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just hit it back it with a chiesl and hammer (driveshaft)
looks like the lower ball joint has snapped!
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oceansoul
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if its snapped, how easy is it to fix?
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Warren G
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new ball joint (easy and cheap) but id check the rest of the damage out first
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oceansoul
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What else could be damaged??
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Warren G
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lower arm, hub, driveshaft, chassis! wheels anything really
must of been a hard imact to brake that!
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oceansoul
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did u look at the other thread that i linked to?? basicly i rolled the car onto the drivers side, and it stopped there. bt when me and the cops pushed it back on to its wheels it popped out then
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supermike
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Registered: 6th Sep 05
Location: Aberdeen. Drives: 1.4 16v Corsa
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i had a simiar accident recently envolving me and a kerb at 60mph, i need a new hub, ball joint and strut, i wud get a new hub and bearings obviously cause they will be fooked check ur wishbone and chassis legs to make sure theyre not bent, luckily for me mine were fine, alloy took the brunt of it
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