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Wow. That is really scary. Thanks for the warning.
I see what you are saying about the castle nuts. However, I have to say,
in all the years I've taken off ball joints or tie rods, I've never ever
had one just slide off, and they always needed a tool and a lot of force.
So I'm wondering if something else happened there.
On Sat, Mar 8, 2025 at 2:19=E2=80=AFPM Joe Brown <jbbrown1980@gmail.com> wr=
ote:
> So, I took my Tiger out yesterday for a short drive and as I was just
> about home (maybe a hundred yards from my driveway) the right front
> suspension dropped to the ground and I skidded several yards before
> stopping. All I could think of was the old stories about exploding ball
> joints.
>
> I walked to my house and threw a floor jack and some jack stands in my
> truck and drove back to the Tiger. I managed to get the front end jacked
> up and discovered that the nut on the lower ball joint was gone and the
> lower A arm had dropped to the road. My suspension pieces are at least 3=
0
> years old and the ball joints were held on with nylock nuts. I managed to
> wrap a ratchet strap around the upper and lower A arms and I was able to
> slowly drive the car into my garage.
>
> I am very lucky that:
> 1. I was going pretty slow at the time
> 2. The front end landed in some loose gravel on the side of the road
> 3. None of the body work was damaged
> 4. And nothing else in the suspension looks to be damaged; just scraped =
up
>
> If this had happened 5 minutes earlier I would have been doing 60 on a
> winding road and I would have wound up in a ditch.
>
> So I'm ordering a new set of ball joints and I will drill them out for
> castle nuts so I don't have to worry about a nut working its way loose
> again.
>
> Regards,
> Joe Brown
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Wow.=C2=A0 That is really scary. Thanks for the warning. =
=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>I see what you are saying about the castle nuts.=
=C2=A0 However, I have to say, in all the years I've taken off ball joi=
nts or tie rods, I've never ever had one just slide off, and they alway=
s needed a tool and a lot of force.=C2=A0 So I'm wondering if something=
else happened there. =C2=A0</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail=
_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 8, 2025=
at 2:19=E2=80=AFPM Joe Brown <<a href=3D"mailto:jbbrown1980@gmail.com";>=
jbbrown1980@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-st=
yle:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"=
ltr">So,=C2=A0 I took my Tiger out yesterday for a short drive and as I was=
just about home (maybe a hundred yards from my driveway) the right front s=
uspension=C2=A0dropped to the ground and I skidded several yards before sto=
pping.=C2=A0 All I could think of was the old stories about exploding ball =
joints.=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>I walked to my house and threw a floor jac=
k and some jack stands in my truck and drove back to the Tiger.=C2=A0 I man=
aged to get the front end jacked up and discovered that the nut on the lowe=
r ball joint was gone and the lower A arm had dropped to the road.=C2=A0 My=
suspension pieces are at least 30 years old and the ball joints were=C2=A0=
held on with nylock nuts. I managed to wrap a ratchet strap around the uppe=
r and lower A arms and I was able to slowly drive the car into my garage.=
=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>I am very lucky that:=C2=A0</div><div>1. I =
was going pretty slow at the time</div><div>2. The front end landed in some=
loose gravel on the side of the road</div><div>3. None of the body work wa=
s damaged</div><div>4.=C2=A0 And nothing else in the suspension looks to be=
damaged; just scraped up</div><div><br></div><div>If this had happened 5 m=
inutes earlier I would have been doing 60 on a winding road and I would hav=
e wound up in a ditch.</div><div><br></div><div>So I'm ordering a new s=
et of ball joints and I will drill them out for castle nuts so I don't =
have to worry about a nut working its way loose again.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><di=
v><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Joe Brown</div><div><br></div><div><br>=
</div></div>
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