Just curious if the front lower ball joints on the knuckles are the same for the front as they are for the back. I am just about to purchase some new ones and just want to double check if they are all the same.

Thanks guys.

 

I don't believe they are. I got a quote before and front and rears were diff prices. The shop you go to can't look it up to tell if they are the same?

edit: was going to check majestic Honda but i recall Honda wouldn't sell just the ball joint and tried selling me the whole knuckle...they aren't available from honda seperatly. the guy showed me the illustration and knuckle/ball joint are one part number.

 

yah i knew that they were sold seperately through honda. I remember someone on here replacing all of them but only replacing the balljoints.

 

I replaced my lower ball joints from the world suspension, or whoever that store is on ebay that sellls ball joints and control arms and tie rods.

They fit in the knuckle fine. But replacing your lower ball joints stiffens up your steering tremendously, its going to take a while i foresee for mine to break in, if they ever do.

 

Good to know, i think i'll pick them up. Did you get all 4 done? One my first prelude i had all for knuckles replaced (it was alot) and the steering felt absolutely amazing after it. Felt like a new car.

 

World suspension from ebay is ****. I had one of their balljoints SNAP on me which essentially sent my car into a guardrail on a bridge at 45 mph, bent 2 rims and ****ed up my fender/broken axle/bent radius rod because of it. they claimed this is the first time any balljoint has failed on them. I was broke an couldn't afford a lawyer, they basically said to **** off and gave me half off of my cost of the balljoint. They claimed they were going to send a box prelabeled to send the balljoint in so they could inspect it and they were halting all sales of that part number. NEVER HAPPENED. i learned the hard way that certain parts shouldn't be cheaped out on and top notch should be purchased..
if the wheel had flopped over the other way and sent me across the lane i would have been sent straight into a gas carrying semi. not trying to jack the thread but the guy above said he used world suspension, i posted about this when it happened and figured i'd mention it again.

 

Part number for the front lower ball joint replacement kit from honda is....

04510-sL5-000

it comes with both front lower ball joints and 4 cotter pins....I believe honda put this kit out for a recall on the 94-95 preludes .....

 

Damn, that sucks dude, I guess Ill have to keep an eye on mine. How long ago did this happen? And how long where they on your car before your accident.

 

ha, i have their upper control arms on the car too. We will have to see. Id hate to have to redo it all.

04510-sL5-000. yea this is 35 bucks. but doesnt say what car its for. just looked up the knuckle is 240 bucks from honda and the upper control arms are 140. guess thats why went with world suspension.

I have driven the car very hard on the upper control arms, no problems yet. and the ball joints, i did drive hard on them for 3 days so far. with some very bad wheel hop too. And they are still on. I may replace them in the spring. Just very broke from the h22 swap.

 

Thanks Shutta for the story, the last thing i want to do is cheap out and after that story even if it means buying new kunckles i most likely will. Thanks moonrock for the part number. Who sells those though? if i call honda will they be able to sell me just the balljoint? If Honda Canada does not sell those seperately can i pay one of you guys to order them for me? I'll toss an extra 20 in it for who ever does Majestic Honda won't sell to Canadians.

 

Do you need the front or rear balljoints? Iirc, that balljoint kit is only the front ones.

 

just the front. I am going to buy my friends rear knuckles that have good balljoints.

 

Send an email to ht user bert-o, AutowayHondaBerto@hotmail.com . He sells oem parts at about 25% off list and will def be able to take care of your order.

 

I had about 3 months of regular driving of the balljoint before it failed. almost 10 months ago to the day.. it showed no signs of any problems before it failed either. If i still have the balljoint in the garage somewhere i'll try to get pictures.. i think i have pics of my car when it happened also. I'm glad my cousin works for a towing company and gets good deals at parts stores for the business. he did the work, towed the car from the road on a sunday morning, bought an axle, and balljoint and i think he charged me less than $300.

Because of the fact the balljoint was new, 100% installed correctly, and showed no signs of damage/wear while i was driving, i won't ever go through them again. plus they treated me like crap.

 

Shutta that sucks ***, sorry to hear that. Thanks for advising me before i bought those. vinuneuro thanks for the email. I will give him a shout right now.

 

I have never had a problem with Moog suspension components.
They have every thing I have ever needed including camber kits.

 

they make a 4th gen prelude camber kit? that's the brand i replaced both my world suspension joints with. the broke one and the one that was still visibly "ok"

 

Moog makes good stuff...I replaced everything on my civic and never had a problem

 

well since i was home for the holidays at my dads house, I had the opportunity to inspect my world suspension parts. Of the lower ball joints that have about 200 miles on them, one is ripped already, and the other one - one of the set rings seems to not be in place.

As for my world suspension control arms, the ball joints look perfectly fine, and they have been on the car for a couple years now.

 

wait wasn't there a recall on this?? if there was, we can just go to Honda and get it replaced for free right?

 

If the recall has already been performed on the vehicle, that's it.

 

04510-sL5-000 - this part number is not for preludes.

Well my fix so far for replacing ebay lower ball joints, is to buy used prelude knuckles from 2 years newer lude. Of which have the lower ball joint intact.

 

Hey, apparently due to the economy he has lost his job. Anybody know where else i can get some?

 

Well they are sitting in my front knuckles of my 96 prelude ....bought them from honda as a recall service kit for the 94-95 prelude .....

 

damn, bet i bought the recalls. just my luck, honda parts unlimited on ebay is selling lots of 95 prelude knuckles, claiming 55k miles.