Festiva Autocross = Broken ball joint!

[redfastiva]

Went autocrossing today for the first time this year and on my first run disaster strikes.

My run starts and 1:10 and it breaks at 2:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2vlb8C6-W8

[av8ter]

Ouch! Were you leaking?


Kevin

[redfastiva]

Yep, it pulled the axle out of the tranny and it all drained all the tranny fluid on the course.

[gothguydante]

man that sucks hope it didn't break anything else...

[av8ter]

Did you suspect the joint was going to go soon, or was it unforeseen?


Kevin

P.S., time for aspire swap hehe!

[SimonTuffGuy]

Well that sucks! What do you have done to the car for autoX?

[Damkid]

Ouch! that would really suck

[redfastiva]

The only thing that broke was the ball joint, and a slight flat spot on my tire. All I'm going to do is replace both lower control arms/ball joints and get her back on the road.

[neanderpaul]

No fun.

[ketchup]

This happened to my bro drifting in the snow. same side too