control arm broke and oil pan destroyed

[ethree]

Can you get a tight close-up in the break itself? There must be a defect.

[Yakinho]

That's scary.

[atomic]

I have a buddy who had a CA break on him. IIRC it was a mayle brand he bought off of ebay new. It broke completely through at the inner ball joint. The break caused him to have zero steering input and immediately ran off the side of the road @ 40mph and hit a telephone pole dead center on the right frame rail totaling his car.

I will see if he still has any pictures of the one that broke on him...

Thats in almost the same place as where my buddies broke on him...


:crazy:

[BDK]

Turner has them (Lemforder) for sale as well for $96 each....fyi

[delatlanta1281]

oh snap!
;)

[Aptyp]

was your car lowered too far? I don't see how this can happen from an impact. Take a pic of the cross section where break occurred.

[Leaf]

Thats really disturbing. Is the real deal control arm (OEM, Quality), not just some ebay shit?

[ethree]

Is the real deal control arm (OEM, Quality), not just some ebay shit?

Huh?

[reelizmpro]

No, he said it was aftermarket from FCP Groton on Ebay. Goya, do you know if they are Karlyn brand or ???

[moatilliatta]

2 people so far had this problem from ebay arms in this thread. Most likely they are both made from the same sweat shoppe.

Id defiantly contact fcp groton. Im sure even more people has had this problem. Ive been so close in buying their front end kit. Im sure if you find enough people you have a legit lawsuit. Im not implying on suing them, but maybe a little scare to make them sell a quality part.

[Jean]

OP- What size rims/tires are on your car? What suspension?

Since you said you were in the middle of a turn, was there a bump/dip on the road or anything before it broke?

[Leaf]

Huh?

What don't you understand about it not being ebay shit?? Are you serious?

[Beach Bum]

Lesson learned: Don't buy structural suspension parts on Ebay.

[Goya20]

Im running a H&R sport spings with bilstein Sport Struts and the car is lowered like 1.3 inches. Also with 17 inch rims. I also dont know the brand. Imma try to find out. There was a dipp on the right hand side but not on the driver side which broke.

[Massive Lee]

I have seen several control arms snap at the outer ball joint. It is known condition on tracked e30, which is why it is recommended to change them every other track season. The break from the pictured control arm seems to come from an impact. They don't break there, unless perhaps the control arm is a low quality knock-off. Personally, I don't let friends instal anything but Lemforders.