CRUNCH
12-05-2001, 01:40 PM
#1
Intermediate
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: new orleans
Posts: 44
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
CRUNCH
MY CAR STARTED MAKING A CRUNCH NOISE FROM THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL (CONTROL ARM)AREA.
AND NOW THE LEFT HAS STARTED TOO. i KNOW THE CONTROL ARMS NEED REPLACING , MY QUESTION IS HOW FAST SHOULD I GET THIS DONE?
I DONT WANT TO RISK DISASTER BUT IT'S KINDA PRICEY 
AND IT IS CHRISTMAS TIME SO CASH IS SHORT 
AND NOW THE LEFT HAS STARTED TOO. i KNOW THE CONTROL ARMS NEED REPLACING , MY QUESTION IS HOW FAST SHOULD I GET THIS DONE?
I DONT WANT TO RISK DISASTER BUT IT'S KINDA PRICEY AND IT IS CHRISTMAS TIME SO CASH IS SHORT
12-05-2001, 02:45 PM
#2
Pro
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Southern Connecticut
Posts: 533
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
You won't have to worry about Christmas if you are dead! This is a no brainer...get it checked out. If it is not safe, do not drive it! Don't be so ignorant when it comes to being safe!
12-05-2001, 05:57 PM
#4
Racer
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Sparks, Maryland
Posts: 303
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Reiteration of control arm recommendation. GET THEM REPLACED PRONTO.
Control arms hold your wheel perpendicular to the road surface, and are under the most stress/strain when taking corners at speed. Consequently, when the ball joints fail, what happens is your wheel typically flops outward, tearing your shock tower and suspension to pieces, the front of the car dives and scrapes the ground, and you lose all sense of control. Also, when it happens, it's usually when you're going FAST around a CURVE. Recipe for disaster? YES. That's why the control arm replacement/rebuild/maintenance routine is so important.
Don't dilly-dally around. If yours are "crunching" when you hit bumps or turns, you're WAAAAAYY past the safe point.
Greg
Control arms hold your wheel perpendicular to the road surface, and are under the most stress/strain when taking corners at speed. Consequently, when the ball joints fail, what happens is your wheel typically flops outward, tearing your shock tower and suspension to pieces, the front of the car dives and scrapes the ground, and you lose all sense of control. Also, when it happens, it's usually when you're going FAST around a CURVE. Recipe for disaster? YES. That's why the control arm replacement/rebuild/maintenance routine is so important.
Don't dilly-dally around. If yours are "crunching" when you hit bumps or turns, you're WAAAAAYY past the safe point.
Greg
12-05-2001, 06:47 PM
#5
Intermediate
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: new orleans
Posts: 44
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
greg and my944, I am ordering 2 new control arms tomorrow, i am ordering the steel versions that are modified for track by blaszak performance in canada, has anyone else gone this route, sounds great , future ball joint replacements less than $20
thanks again for the advice i am getting right to it
thanks again for the advice i am getting right to it