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chrisgritz
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May 29, 2012, 9:35 AM
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Ball bearings? Not sure.
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1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse (Base) 170k miles 2.0DOHC
Hey guys so just now i recently replaced my front rotors and brakes on my car, while i was there the mechanic showed me these arms that seemed to be connected to the brakes. He then put his wrench on a bolt and shook the arm, and he said they were loose.. he said it was really bad, however he didnt know the name of it, i was wondering if you guys know what im talking about? Its a arm on each side the left and right that look like they connect to the whole brake and rotor thing or whatever. I want to know how fast do i need to fix this and the price of these arms, i just got paid and its gone so i want to know if i can last another two weeks driving like that or what? Thanks!
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Tom Greenleaf
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May 29, 2012, 10:11 AM
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Now I'm scared as a mechanic didn't know what the item was! Is something to do with front end or brakes safe if worn out and loose - heck no!
Can you post a pic or find one on the web (google pics) or a parts place that will copy and paste - anything. There's a lot of stuff that can wear so difficult to guess but needs to be taken seriously no matter what this is.
Are you possibly talking about a tie rod end? Look one up at a parts site. If that/those are loose from wear and your mechanic didn't know what they were he/she is the wrong mechanic. How the heck would parts be ordered if this person did the job?
For now I'm stuck to say don't drive it on an open web site without knowing or seeing/feeling this myself.
Depending, if you think you are short of the money and this whatever let's go I think we all know what horrors an accident could bring never mind the car!
T
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chrisgritz
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May 29, 2012, 10:20 AM
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hahaha yea i was wondering the samething. I looked up pics for the tie rods but thats not it, or it could be not sure, but the things he pointed out on my car were way thicker and longer. It connected to the bottom base of the car and somewhere near the brakes and he got in the car backed up and slammed on the brakes and u can hear a slight knock, nothing major though.
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Tom Greenleaf
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May 29, 2012, 10:33 AM
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It's not funny! Here's a pic that could be wrong of a lower ball joint from a parts site. Did it look like this?
Hope that shows and yes it's different than many if that is the item. If that and loose it isn't safe,
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chrisgritz
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yup its way thicker than that, its hard to take a look at it because whoever owned the car previously had it lowered :/ ima try to take a pic though.
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Tom Greenleaf
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May 29, 2012, 10:51 AM
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If this is altered and the part is part of doing that, that would explain why a tech might not know a name for it. I couldn't guess for anything what was done to alter it and now if a non OE item no doubt if you can't find who did this to the car we are going to have trouble,
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Hammer Time
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May 29, 2012, 3:03 PM
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Can you pick it out on this diagram?
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