Had a great day today...

[Ranger Sport Honduras]

the pics

the tire always had this "inclination" i told the mechanic about that and he told me it needed an alignment. so today the upper ball joint broke. Luckly i was driving slowly so it wasnt a big deal. i was heading to the chicken feed plant, if this would happended while driving on the road with the truck loaded i dont know what would happen...

i had to go to the farm to dig out the parts disposal bin for an old ball joint to fix it and take it to the farm. a curious thing tho, i gave the bad joint i had a couple hammer hits on the top and it feels really stiff now lol, like new, atleast until i get a new one.

so when we took out the upper arm the bolts were loose.
and thats not supposed to be loose. when we installed the joint back and reinstalled the arm my cousin pulled it out and now the truck's tire isnt inclined, seems like the arm was set way too "close" to the frame. i didnt knew it had an adjustment.

so is there a chance that my mechanic installed the arm without adjusting, there for the tire was inclined and that excesive inclination messed the ball joint??

if so im not taking my truck back to this guy

 

[robertc1024]

Oh Man - that doesn't look good. Sorry

 

[r1hatman]

Yikes, at least your okay. It could have been a lot worse!

 

[Ranger Sport Honduras]

yeah at least the truck and i are ok.
i was just driving after a bump, so it was really slow, i was about to shift to 2nd and i hear the noise and the truck went down.

ive been having issues with that side's shock too. damn and i just spent 250$ fixing the idle issues

 

[Rangered06]

man that sucks but its good it didnt screw up anything else and was easy to get her moving again

 

[Ranger Sport Honduras]

yes i had luck today.
fixing it was relatively easy
what im concerned is: the tire inclination due to the mis adjusted arm messed the ball joint?

 

[cody93]

that sucks, atlest ur ok and yours is not severely damaged, reminds me of the time mine was hit on the side by the same person i mention in the tailgeter thread, my camber is still slightly off

 

[hoosier1104]

foot + teeth = getting your point across

 

[Ranger Sport Honduras]

yeah we replaced the ball joint and adjusted the upper a arm and the tire sits straight now

 

[adsm08]

i didnt knew it had an adjustment.

so is there a chance that my mechanic installed the arm without adjusting, there for the tire was inclined and that excesive inclination messed the ball joint??

On the SLA Rangers and Explorers the adjustment on the upper control arm determines the Camber/Caster settings. Sounds like it wasn't aligned properly, putting too much stress on the ball joint.

Now come up here and deport some people for me.

 

[Ranger Sport Honduras]

On the SLA Rangers and Explorers the adjustment on the upper control arm determines the Camber/Caster settings. Sounds like it wasn't aligned properly, putting too much stress on the ball joint.

Now come up here and deport some people for me.

yep thats exactly what happened

by buddy hoosier wants me to kick the mechanics teeth lol

 

[hoosier1104]

Sometimes it is the only way to get your point across. Plus violence solves a lot of problems.

 

[MountainMike]

Sometimes it is the only way to get your point across. Plus violence solves a lot of problems.

Like I said man:

I have yet to see a problem in life that couldn't be solved by alcohol or artillery.

 

[Original_Ranger84]

Like mentioned in Valkerie " An problem in the world can be solved with the proper application of high explosives." lol

 

[hoosier1104]

Alright the votes are in from the people that matter the most in this thread and we say get mid evil on his ass with artillery and high explosives.