1st Gen R53 Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: Can a ball joint break without other part failure?

  1. k-huevo

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    #2 k-huevo, Feb 14, 2012
    Just curious, inner, outer, or tie-rod?
     
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    #3 Crashton, Feb 14, 2012
    Regardless, the shop says that he could align it 4 days prior to the accident, no problem. And the car only has 300 more miles on it since then, 50 of which were between the accident and the shop.

    Have the shop call the insurance company. I'd fight over this if it was me.

    Good luck...
     
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    #4 minintrigue, Feb 14, 2012
    inner




    and yes, she is fighting them. They've been challenging the entire time.