The other day my front lower control arm nut fell off going 50mph, you can imagine what happened, but it was because of no cotter pin, I check the other side to be safe and no pin there either. I also checked my friend civic and no pin on either side of his either so warning to all check to see if you have cotter pins on each side.

 

This is not new news. Sounds like where ever has been servicing your cars has been doing a lousy job.

Any good shop would have replaced the 15 cent cotter pin through the castle nut as required. There are many other parts of the car that could be very dangerouss too if parts are missing.

 

Whoever worked on your car doesn't know how to work "properly" on your car. Replacing or putting back the cotter pin is just common sense, put back whatever your took out. Even if they were a backyard mechanic, they should have always make sure to check the factory service manual before touching any part of the car to be safe.

 

thats what i was thinking, how hard is it to replace a 15 cent part. I just bought the car like 3 weeks ago. eg6 with h22a.

 

ugh that sucks, man. I hate dealing with cotter pins but they're a necessary evil.

 

A few months ago I noticed the same thing on my si

 

*runs outside and checks his*

 

They like to rust and break off too. I buy the longer ones that barely fit and cut them down so they dont hit the rotor dust shield.

 

When it fell off I thought i had a blowout and it sent me across 3 lanes and stopped in the turning lane,the stud grinded metal shaving off of my wheel, and the wheel crushed into my fender, and a small tear in my sideskirt, not to mention it pulled my axle out.

 

ouch!

 

That sucks man. People don't understand that the engineers put those things there for a reason.

 

Yeah, dude, you need that cotter pin. Definitely. When the suspension's under load, that's about the only thing holding the castle nut to the balljoint. Really suck that it had to happen to you.

I buy the long ones, poke them all the way through, then bend them backwards with the pliers. Cause I'm paranoid like that.

 

mine are in there. I replaced them. They do tend to get lost though...

 

yeh man this is common.

in my 1995 acura integra a shop recently did clutch change.

last week i ****ing was at a stop sign. looked out my window and saw some kid i always laughed at. laughed at him, tried to accel threw the intersection and my lower balljoint popped out and my axle boot got rippedo ff and tire locked. called toe truck

cost 40$ for toe to his shop and 100$ for new balljoint axle boot/grease/hose clamp and to get it put on.

so 140$ cause the castle nut came off due to someone forgetting a cotter pin or it just snapping anyway.

 

Jeez - Will check mine in the morning... though, I'll probably be OK since it is going to be seized on there with rust, prolly, if the pin is gone.

 

you have TOE trucks in BC? i knew canada was weird.

there is NO reason EVER for a cotter pin to fall out if it is replaced with a new one and it is bent over. its like putting lug nuts on and not torqueing them.... stupid.

 

not only that but now hes laughing at you.

 

bleh sorry if this is a noob question but where are the pins located exactly?

 

^^^ the cotter pin is located adversely adjacent to the cotter mechanism

 

Just kidding it goes through the castlenut on the bottom of the balljoints this is on your front suspension

 

haha XD yeah i just got into the whole care scene so im pretty new to this stuff :/

 

no matter what breaks on my car, aint nobody walking their broke *** gonna laugh at me and make me feel bad LOL

 

"you have TOE trucks in BC? i knew canada was weird"
*fell off my chair*

 

well if i were him i would laugh. because you just laughed at him and then you got raped lol.

 

you can tell people just work for the money not the love of doing it. put back everything you took off thats what i would do...