hey so i was driving and pulled a u turn, the bolt thats screwed into the ball joint came off and the spindle dropped and everything. im going to the junk yark tomorow so do you think i should find a ball joint or a spindle and im thinking about getting the full on spindle so what cars can i take the spindle from. my car's a 91 hatchback si.

 

So the castle nut came off and the whole assembly scraped on the ground while you were driving?

 

this is gunna sound dumb but i didn't put the castle nut on, i put a different bolt on but ya that's what happened. and the part that the castle nut screw onto is trashed and it wont work anymore

 

Doesn't the castle nut just screw onto the ball joint? If so, couldn't you just get a new ball joint?

 

that's wut im hoping for but i gotta check out the whole thing tomorow cuz it got too dark. but if the spindle is messed up, what cars can i use it from.

 

I would assume all EF's, since you can use mostly the same suspension components. If possible, stick to 90-91 hatches just to be sure until you can find out for sure.

 

you can probably use parts from a 2nd gen crx as well, i had the same thing happen to me except the people i got the car from used a diff. nut and didnt bother with the cotter pin. i got around for a while like that. depending on how fast you were going would mostly determine whether there was any damage to your spindle. was just turning in a parking lot slowly(i previously lost traction in a stretch of the parking lot before the incident) if you weren't going very fast you shouldnt have to worry about anything but the ball joint.

 

any 88-91 spindle will work, with the single exception being the 88-91 crx hf spindles, which use different axles.

 

alright so i forgot to say i have a b16 swap so i have 91 integra axles, does that effect what spindle i use

 

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no but if you replace them remember to take out those dust rings from inside