Stupid Ball Joint

[Hemihed426]

I havent posted in awhile mainly because I was so disgusted with my car that I had quit driving the damn thing because of a wicked pull when braking. I've replaced everything from pads to rotors to calipers. I put new upper and lower control arms on about a year ago when I did the coil swap, strut rod bushings and tie rod ends. I bled the brakes endlessly, replaced brake lines and ultimately got pissed off enough to walk away from the thing for awhile. I finally decided to tear the whole front end apart and investigate just what was going on and what I found really stunned me when I saw it. I pulled all the control arms off and found my 1 yr old TRW lower control arm ball joint completely frozen in place. I pulled the other side off and it was fine but I carried both of them back to Advance where I got them and raised enough hell that they gave me 2 brand new ones.I re-installed everything and no pull. I can't tell Ya'll how many hours I'Ve spent chasing this problem so if Ya'll are having a pull under braking check those LCA's even if they are new.

 

[kustomizingkid]

Good deal... That would be a hard one to diagnose...

 

[Aquabrit]

That's good to know. Mine has pulled left slightly for quite some time. I'll be sure to check into all the BJ's if / when I can be bothered to fix my car. (my TRW lowers are 2 years old now but only have 8K on them - could well have developed a bind from lack of use)

 

[luxuryrules]

II pulled the other side off and it was fine but I carried both of them back to Advance where I got them and raised enough hell that they gave me 2 brand new ones.

You shouldn't have had to raise hell. They are covered under warranty - a simple "these are defective, I'd like them replaced" would have sufficed.

 

[turn_on68]

You shouldn't have had to raise hell. They are covered under warranty - a simple "these are defective, I'd like them replaced" would have sufficed.

RIGHT ON!

 

[mespock]

Good you found the problem ... wouldn't think it would have been a new part.

 

[Hemihed426]

You shouldn't have had to raise hell. They are covered under warranty - a simple "these are defective, I'd like them replaced" would have sufficed.

After trying to fix this problem for so long and find out that it is a practically new part my blood was up and I think I had every right to raise a little hell.Yea they replaced them but that doesnt account for my time and aggravation. I know it wasn't their fault the part was defective but the little jerk working kind of implied that I had improperly installed them and that really pissed me off. So if I showed my ass, so be it, he should have kept his trap shut and replaced my parts without giving me any lip.