Wheel dettached from gs300....
10-31-06, 05:54 PM
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Wheel dettached from gs300....
When i was driving along a street slowly, my front left wheel came off. I duno how that happen, but i got triple a to tow it for me. My car got even more messed up when it was being unloaded because the wheel demented everything it touches. The fenders and the frame of the cars are all messed up now. I'll try to upload a picture if yu guyz wanna see it. Any Suggestions what i should do.
heres the picture
Now image it while the car is being pulled up to a bench truck -_-... The wheel dragging against the car.. My poor baby.
heres the picture
Now image it while the car is being pulled up to a bench truck -_-... The wheel dragging against the car.. My poor baby.
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10-31-06, 06:08 PM
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Check the studs. If they are completely stripped from the proper location or appear crushed, its quite possible they were overtightened, which is just as dangerous as super loose lugs, also if sheared at lug seat, then overtightened by airhammer. If they sheared a distance away from wheel seat, then lugs were effectively not on. If wheel failed, then its a defect of wheel. Pictures wud be quite helpful. Sorry to hear bout the damage. Basically the condition and appearance of the studs tells all.
10-31-06, 06:23 PM
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Ouch, I can only imagine the damage after that. My friend's Eclipse did that once. We changed wheels on his car and used the wrong lugnuts. Shortly after he left, the wheel just came rolling off the car. The lugnuts were too small and just fit right through the holes in the rim.
Luckily it happened shortly as he was pulling out of driveway, so no real damage except we needed new studs.
Luckily it happened shortly as he was pulling out of driveway, so no real damage except we needed new studs.
10-31-06, 07:59 PM
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Oh man, sorry to hear about that. hope the insurance will pay for it, let me know. I had an experience with my GS300 AWD few weeks ago when putting on my new 18 inch wheels, the car fell off the jack and hit the ground on the front left brake caliper. It fell slow so it didn;t do much damage, but I felt so heart sunken when that happened. Good luck.
11-01-06, 06:31 AM
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Hey Trancekid,
If You Haven't Had Any Work Done To The Car At All And These Are The Stock Rims And Tires I Would Definitely Call Your Lexus Dealer And Explain What Happened And See What They Can Do For You.. Maybe This Is A Factory Defect As Far As The Studs If They Broke Off Or Not.... Just My 2 Cents... Thanks
If You Haven't Had Any Work Done To The Car At All And These Are The Stock Rims And Tires I Would Definitely Call Your Lexus Dealer And Explain What Happened And See What They Can Do For You.. Maybe This Is A Factory Defect As Far As The Studs If They Broke Off Or Not.... Just My 2 Cents... Thanks
11-01-06, 04:38 PM
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am i correct in that that wheel is still attached to the upright/hub assembly (the lug nuts are still holding it to something?) if so, you should definitely be talking to the dealer.
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11-01-06, 04:52 PM
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Guy's, his lower control arm ball joint went bad. The ball joint is like $60 bucks, too bad you didn't inspect your suspention lately or just once in a while
Now, that what is going to happen:
1. Ball joint $60
2. Speed sensor $200
3. Body damage? 1K-2K
All i can say is that ball joint will cost you lots of money, GL on fix..
Now, that what is going to happen:
1. Ball joint $60
2. Speed sensor $200
3. Body damage? 1K-2K
All i can say is that ball joint will cost you lots of money, GL on fix..
11-01-06, 05:22 PM
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Damn, that sucks man. I didnt know a wheel could come off like that following a ball joint failure. You would think there would be some other link backing it up in case of failure. Thats super dangerous.
11-01-06, 05:40 PM
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There is, they are called the UCA ball joint and the steering tie-rod. However, the steering tie-rod isn't designed for those kinds of lateral forces, hence the wheel gets pulled out. Notice that the wheel is still attached to the car, it hasn't come off completely (the other ball joint has not failed).
11-01-06, 07:50 PM
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Oh man, sorry to hear about that. hope the insurance will pay for it, let me know. I had an experience with my GS300 AWD few weeks ago when putting on my new 18 inch wheels, the car fell off the jack and hit the ground on the front left brake caliper. It fell slow so it didn;t do much damage, but I felt so heart sunken when that happened. Good luck.
As for the OP, that's really too bad. I would agree that it's the ball joint (unless the wheel has come off the studs, or the studs have sheared off, but we can't tell from the picture). Anyway, best of luck to you in getting it fixed.
11-01-06, 08:03 PM
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There is, they are called the UCA ball joint and the steering tie-rod. However, the steering tie-rod isn't designed for those kinds of lateral forces, hence the wheel gets pulled out. Notice that the wheel is still attached to the car, it hasn't come off completely (the other ball joint has not failed).
11-05-06, 05:12 PM
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What year is your GS, read my post on 98 gs ball joints.
Seems like a recurring theme here! did you hear any scraping/grinding noise when turning your wheel. seems to happen more when there is a passenger in front seat adding weight to the front end!
Seems like a recurring theme here! did you hear any scraping/grinding noise when turning your wheel. seems to happen more when there is a passenger in front seat adding weight to the front end!
