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Old Mar 30, 2016 | 01:54 AM
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93 RX-7 lower ball joint failure

Friend post this to me , happend when he back up from garage , thanks God no one get hurt

Any one have similar problem ?
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Old Mar 31, 2016 | 08:34 PM
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oh wow, I have never seen that before. Glad it happened when he was just backing out.
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Old Apr 10, 2016 | 08:38 AM
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That happened on my SA. I pressed in new ball joints when I did my suspension upgrades without tack welding it in. It lasted 9 months on the left side and one day while pulling out of the shop it collapsed and the steering went all splayed out and wonky. I tried to press another new ball joint into the stock control arm, but there just wasn't enough metal left inside the collar to hold it in without welding. I just ended up with T3 adjustable control arms as the fix.

Are FD control arms like S5? Non serviceable?

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Old Apr 10, 2016 | 08:56 AM
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Most of alu control they are not serviceable
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