The lower Ball Joint nut came off this weekend. L&W front arms.

[Hondasxs]

I made a hot shot trip to TN Friday evening to ride with @Hometeam around Tackett Creek.
We made the loop up to find the horses, then down Franks trail, bottle rock, water trail and up the mountain.
At the first cave over in the Jellico area I lost a ball joint nut.
Would of been fine if I had stoped, but I thought I was just stuck on a rock.
I hit it again that's when I noticed my wheel sideways.
It pulled the axle out and then punched a hole in my differential.
I had a few nuts, but the threads were stripped so they didn't really hold.
I had a ball joint too but we decided to MacGyver it up and continue on.
Made it back no issues.
The aluminum, quarter size hole punch piece made a few grinding noise but it didn't catch or lock the diff up. luckley.

Thing is... I been running on this for almost 2 years. VERY HARD.... so IDK.

L&W lower arms. installed Feb 2022 and have not been removed since.

 

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[Hondasxs]

The lower arm doesn't really hold any weight.
Its mostly there for control.
We ran this another 20 miles on up and out.

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[JenElio]

Sucks!!.....so what, cotter pin and castle nut came off from getting beat on by rocks or ???

 

[Hondasxs]

Sucks!!.....so what, cotter pin and castle nut came off from getting beat on by rocks or ???

I guess. I dont really know.

 

[NTCPrezJB]

The lower arm doesn't really hold any weight.
Its mostly there for control.
We ran this another 20 miles on up and out.

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JAH! 🤣

 

[TxDoc]

Very sorry to hear about this. You did a great job to temp it and get back home.

Thank you for sharing the photos

Hoping your next ride will make up for this.

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[lee]

So do you think the warranty will cover this?

 

[NorthernJoe]

The lower arm doesn't really hold any weight.
Its mostly there for control.
We ran this another 20 miles on up and out.

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sorry to hear That looks expensive!

 

[JACKAL]

Man, I hate to see that. On a positive note you have a nice fill port for the front diff.

Stuff like this is a reminder to really look over the fine details of your suspension before heading out. I'm guilty as anyone, if I didn't mess with it, it should still be tight right? I've personally seen wheels come off, brake lines get cut, A-arms / ball joints like this all come unglued because the nuts spun off. Makes me cringe sometimes.

Glad you made it back, OK

 

[Hondasxs]

So do you think the warranty will cover this?

Denied. reasoning: because I trailered it in the rain.

 

[Vondy]

L&w replaced my arm when it wore oblonged No question asked.

 

[Hometeam]

I made a hot shot trip to TN Friday evening to ride with @Hometeam around Tackett Creek.
We made the loop up to find the horses, then down Franks trail, bottle rock, water trail and up the mountain.
At the first cave over in the Jellico area I lost a ball joint nut.
Would of been fine if I had stoped, but I thought I was just stuck on a rock.
I hit it again that's when I noticed my wheel sideways.
It pulled the axle out and then punched a hole in my differential.
I had a few nuts, but the threads were stripped so they didn't really hold.
I had a ball joint too but we decided to MacGyver it up and continue on.
Made it back no issues.
The aluminum, quarter size hole punch piece made a few grinding noise but it didn't catch or lock the diff up. luckley.

Thing is... I been running on this for almost 2 years. VERY HARD.... so IDK.

L&W lower arms. installed Feb 2022 and have not been removed since.

Man, I hate to see that. On a positive note you have a nice fill port for the front diff.

Stuff like this is a reminder to really look over the fine details of your suspension before heading out. I'm guilty as anyone, if I didn't mess with it, it should still be tight right? I've personally seen wheels come off, brake lines get cut, A-arms / ball joints like this all come unglued because the nuts spun off. Makes me cringe sometimes.

Glad you made it back, OK

I’ll tell ya what….you try and go ride with these so called mature kids these days and they don’t ever check over there machine to make sure things are tight or adjusted….always waiting for someone else to do it for them….dang woke bastards!! LOL
😂 🤓🤣😂🤣🤪

That was a crazy chain of events that led to the diff hole!!🤷🏽‍♂️ But it was a fun day!

 

[Hondasxs]

Can anyone straight edge their front upper arms like this for me?
Talon R2.
Thanks.




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[Coeus]

Can anyone straight edge their front upper arms like this for me?
Talon R2.
Thanks.
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I can check mine in about 20 mins

 

[JenElio]

I can check mine in about 20 mins

R2 bruhh......

 

[Coeus]

R2 bruhh......

R4 runs the same lower a-arms as R2 bruhh… for the 23/24 models

 

[JenElio]

R4 runs the same a-arms as R2 bruhh… but years might be slightly different

I thought it was a different design, thought they pushed them back on the R4 to help with turning radius??.........but, I'm just a lowly P1K owning peasant 😞

 

[Coeus]

Can anyone straight edge their front upper arms like this for me?
Talon R2.
Thanks.
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This work Bossman?

 

[Hondasxs]

Yep. Looks fairly flat.
Guess I'm ordering 2 new uppers.

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[SLOWPOKE693]

R4 and R2 arms ARE NOT THE SAME.

I'd check my R2 for you but I'm out of town for work until Friday.