XAH03 Member 597 Member For: 17y 25d Gender: Male Location: Cairns QLD Posted 16/10/11 07:03 AM Share Posted 16/10/11 07:03 AM Hey everyone,Just thought I would share a little incident that has just happened to my car.The wife and I had just arrived home from a small sunday drive. Went to pull up the gutter out the front and heard the loudest bang in the car, it shook the whole car.anyway after getting a new pair of undies on I climbed under the car to see if I could see anything. where I stopped the car was half on the driveway and half on the road (I didnt want to move it anywhere) I couldnt see anything from the back. so I jumped back in the car and gently rolled it down back onto the road and got another massive bang. stopped the car on level ground and had a look under the bum, I could see the drivers side swaybar linkage lower then the other side. so I gently drove the car back up the driveway and jacked it up and jumped underneath to find the swaybar linkage has ripped clean out of the rear control arm.while I was under the car I checked the other side and could see small stress fractures in the same area.heres some photos of the carnagelooks like I'll be giving ford a call tomorrow morning to get 2 new control arms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjc Donating Members 2,823 Member For: 21y 2m 20d Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 16/10/11 09:03 AM Share Posted 16/10/11 09:03 AM Were you getting small clunks here and there when cornering (normal driving), backing out of driveways etc? Mine has been clunking for a little while now only on cornering and driveways in the rear end and wonder if its the same thing?Here a clunk, there a clunk, everywhere a clunk clunk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XAH03 Member 597 Member For: 17y 25d Gender: Male Location: Cairns QLD Posted 16/10/11 11:14 AM Author Share Posted 16/10/11 11:14 AM (edited) Yeah it was clunking a little bit now that I think of it. It didn't really do it around corners but out of driveways and bumps at low speed it did. I wonder if it has anything to do with the swaybar??On another matter, went down that street the other day. Your marks are still there haha Edited 16/10/11 11:15 AM by XAH03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexual harrassment panda I see a red door and I want to paint it black Donating Members 5,919 Member For: 15y 29d Gender: Male Location: Far north queensland Posted 16/10/11 08:04 PM Share Posted 16/10/11 08:04 PM I think there is a ford dealer that sells the pair for $260 on ebay, can't seem to find it at the moment though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeze_dk I am dissatisfied with my current employment situation Donating Members 8,610 Member For: 18y 1m 27d Gender: Male Posted 17/10/11 12:07 AM Share Posted 17/10/11 12:07 AM Mine clunks turning in and out of my driveway,, hope its not the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XAH03 Member 597 Member For: 17y 25d Gender: Male Location: Cairns QLD Posted 17/10/11 10:23 AM Author Share Posted 17/10/11 10:23 AM Ordered a new control arm from fraud today $265 trade price. I'll order the other side tomorrow just for piece of mind. I'm thinking I might weld a plate on top to strengthen it from happening again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seventytwo Still have a turbo, it's just on a diesel. Lifetime Members 5,368 Member For: 19y 4m 16d Gender: Male Location: The 8th Dimension Posted 13/08/12 07:57 AM Share Posted 13/08/12 07:57 AM Looks like this is not uncommon.A nasty surprise waiting for me after a few months OS, droped the car car off the stands and take it for a drive to blow out the cobwebs, on turning back into the drive way I heard a rather loud bang from the rear end, put the car back on the jacks and find the sway bar linkage punch right through the lower control arm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScatterBrain Donating Members 316 Member For: 15y 5m 22d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 13/08/12 10:22 AM Share Posted 13/08/12 10:22 AM What springs do you have in the rear? Also is that a 22mm sway bar your using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seventytwo Still have a turbo, it's just on a diesel. Lifetime Members 5,368 Member For: 19y 4m 16d Gender: Male Location: The 8th Dimension Posted 13/08/12 12:09 PM Share Posted 13/08/12 12:09 PM Stock springs and yes the sway bar is 22mm, not sure if the bar had anything to do with it or there is not enough meat on the control arm at that point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 9m 16d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 14/08/12 12:09 AM Share Posted 14/08/12 12:09 AM The later arms have a double skin on them, BF and FG I believe. Neglecting the bushes can be a big issue for the arms too, when the original bushes get soft the link pin moves around and opens up the hole. This in turn allows up and down movement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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