i have a 93 civic ex, i was taking out the tranny and one of my buddies wanted to help- so i put him on axle duty i showed him how to do it on the pass side, the come the drivers side he said he had it and next i know is that he hammered the tip of the ball joint and mushroomed the tip..... so how bad am i screwed?????

 

someones got to know? cost on to replace it? how to replace it? could i do anything without replacing it...

 

I think its only like $30 for a new joint. Only problem is you need a press to get it out . I would take the lca off and take to a shop to have it done.

 

would i be better off just buying some gsr brakes for $100??????than replacing that

 

$100 from the dealer. How do I know? Did it. But, I mushroomed it with a puller (forgot to leave the doggone castle nut on --- arrrrgh).

Shawn

 

worst of all i was not even the one who messed it up onm my own car, but i am not sweating it cause he is a good buddie,. so the ball joint is $100.00????

 

Ball joint and labor all done. $100. Joint is $30, installation is $70. PIA unless you can do it yourself. (I don't recommend it, and I have my own press).

Shawn

 

so i should just by those gsr brakes i can get for 100? instead of replacing the ball joint on my ex brakes

 

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Don't know. Is the balljoint on the replacement knuckle good? If you GET the knuckle with the brakes for $100, it's probably a beter deal.

Shawn

 

I mushroomed mine.

You need to get a die and fix the threads. When mine was mushroomed kinda, it would start to thread on, and then keep on spinning. I took my impact gun to it and held it on, finally it spun on faster than the joint was spinning. Problem fixed!

I also dremiled some of the threads on the bottom

 

i would just buy the brakes cause you are probley going to want to do a upgrade later, so it i up to you i am just giving you my oponion, cause i would go with bigger brakes!!