so im driving last night and the castle nut came off where the loewr balljoint connects to my control arm,,,

my question is to put this back on do i need to take my axle out? or is there anyway i can just push the balljoint up and then thread the nut on there

 

The question is unclear. Is your ball joint no good?

 

what???? You lost a ball joint??????

fs

 

im confused too, anyone have a diagram of it?

bsically my suspenion Dropped hard on the ground last night,and i jacked up the car and took the wheel off and the balljoint was not connected to the control arm.

 

there like 3 ball joint one on the bottom. one for the steering on the side either left or rite depends. and then there one on top. i think you mite be able to do without dropping the axle but im not sure.

 

soprry guys im really bad at explaining suspension things, does anyone have a digram of the suspension components on the 91 honda civic si hatchback

thanks

 

if its your lower ball joint... the one with the castle nut that should have a cotter pin :sp? anyone: you should not have to drop the axel to place it back up. if yours backed itself out and there was no pin that would be why the nut dropped.

i usually use a jack to push the lower control arm up and hold the piece there while i try to get the castle nut to re thread.

search for a diagram...

 

yea thats the problem theg uy that put my suspension back together didn't put cotter pins in, im gonna go over all my suspension tomorrow and put cotter pins in, only in the front right, any that need to go in the rear?

 

Check both fronts for cotter pins. I find it hard to believe that with the ball joint popping out you didn't rip an axle boot ...