First DSM. And already some problems

[99GSRally]

this is my first time posting here. been searching around a few and figured id sign up. i recently bought a 99 GS oz rally edition and so far been loving it till today. i decided to replace the wheel bearing do to it being noisy, while in there i noticed the lateral ball joint and the trailing arm ball joints both had play so i finished up the wheel bearing and screwed the cv shaft threads up when i was knocking the bearing off so i forked out that money. then to find out the 2 ball joints were 300$$ and im stuck at work so got the parts shipped down, changed the front ball joint no problem. go to change the trailing arm one and the bolt snapped right off. so i left that one on till tomorrow. but my question is what have you guys done to fix this. i had came up with 2 ideas. 1st weld a nut on the end and try to remove it again. or 2 cut the head of the bolt off the other side. remove the arm. replace the new one on the studs that are still in the cradle and weld the arm holes to the studs. and if that would ever need replaced again just grind the welds off?

 

[Chaosweaver]

If you have the means I would suggest to drill and tap it. Having to and grind them off at a later date may cause irreparable damage. A permanent fix to the problem, even though it will take time, will be better than a possible temporary fix that my cause worse problems down the road.

 

[vinnio]

Aren't the front ball joints covered by a recall? I know when I found mine were out, I took it to the local Chrysler dealer and got a new set installed.

A little trick Ive used on other cars might help your situation. Take some threaded rod and nicely weld it to where the old bolt was. Torque to spec.

 

[99GSRally]

nice never thought of that to weld all thread to the old bolt. but i just got it back from the shop. mind u i am a GM tech and by no means unable to fix this problem, just didnt have the time. so the shop removed the broken bolt, got the other one out, re tapped the broken bolt threads and installed a new bolt and the new arm for 90$ i didnt think was too bad considering i dropped way to much money last night .