Afternoon all. What a morning I've had. Was up early with the kids so I decided to go to the local car boot.
Once I get there I head into the car park, little bit bumpy and all of a sudden I can here a scraping noise. Thought maybe I'd popped a tyre. Some woman is shouting at me "you wheel isn't on right!" So I pull into a little dirt track where other cars are parked.
I get out of the car to see the drivers side front wheel is literally hanging off! The bottom ball joint has snapped and nothing is holding it on.
A nice bloke walking past helped me jack it up and take the wheel off while the RAC came. He managed to get it back in and use some adjustable straps to secure it so I could get towed back.
Worrying thing is it looked as though there had been a metal plate welded over be bottom of the joint at some point which is where it failed. Thankfully it didn't happen on the dual carriageway!
Will get it on the ramp at my mates tomorrow and replace as much as I can on both sides.
Once I get there I head into the car park, little bit bumpy and all of a sudden I can here a scraping noise. Thought maybe I'd popped a tyre. Some woman is shouting at me "you wheel isn't on right!" So I pull into a little dirt track where other cars are parked.
I get out of the car to see the drivers side front wheel is literally hanging off! The bottom ball joint has snapped and nothing is holding it on.
A nice bloke walking past helped me jack it up and take the wheel off while the RAC came. He managed to get it back in and use some adjustable straps to secure it so I could get towed back.
Worrying thing is it looked as though there had been a metal plate welded over be bottom of the joint at some point which is where it failed. Thankfully it didn't happen on the dual carriageway!
Will get it on the ramp at my mates tomorrow and replace as much as I can on both sides.
