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MagmaRed370z 09-04-2016 04:26 PM

Help! Found nickel size ball bearing
 
Help! Found nickel size ball bearing Under the Z. I wasn't working on anything nor do I have ball bearings in my garage whatsoever. I don't know if this is from the Z or not but found it when I backed out the car from the garage.

Here is the picture. Any ideas?

EDIT: More pics on the bottom

https://s21.postimg.org/emy05wbqv/IMG_1417.jpg

cooltoy 09-04-2016 04:36 PM

Looks to clean to have been part of the car. Check inside your underwear.

BGTV8 09-04-2016 05:21 PM

Could be a ball out of a drive-shaft CV joint ??

Pretty unlikely though since a failed CV joint will be noisy ......

Billibob22 09-04-2016 05:49 PM

Some kids playing marbles around your house?
CV is the only explanation l can think of...


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Rusty 09-04-2016 08:15 PM

Ball out of a muffler bearing?

Looking at the size of the ball. Best guess is either cv joint or it's not part of the car.

Jimbo370 09-04-2016 08:18 PM

POKEMON? jk:rofl2:

cooltoy 09-04-2016 08:36 PM

CV joint. Hmm, maybe?

https://adailydriver.files.wordpress...02/cvjoint.jpg

Billibob22 09-04-2016 08:53 PM

Excellent pic

SouthArk370Z 09-04-2016 10:05 PM

Do a visual inspection of your CVs. For one of the balls to fall out of the CV pictured, the retainer would have to be broken (the one in the pic looks cracked) - should be pretty obvious.

MagmaRed370z 09-04-2016 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cooltoy (Post 3548249)

Awesome pic and it looks exactly like those ball bearings.

MagmaRed370z 09-04-2016 11:33 PM

Z drives fine, no weird noises or anything. Nothing looks broken or loose from the underside of the car. I took some pics and I'll post them below

MagmaRed370z 09-04-2016 11:49 PM

I'm no mechanic but I think it looks pretty normal. What do you guys think?

https://s16.postimg.org/6ygdf1dl1/IMG_1422.jpg

Rusty 09-04-2016 11:57 PM

That's your rack and pinion. You need to inspect the rear. Both sides of the axles. Look for tears in the cv joint boots.

NISMO IX 09-05-2016 01:42 AM

Yes inspect the shafts that go from the rear differential (the pumpkin in the center of the rear) to both wheels. You will find the rubber boots covering the CV joints there. Inspect them for any wet oil or fluid on the boots first, then there will be a crack and further inspection may reveal a bad CV joint. Its all good, no need to feel foolish.

MagmaRed370z 09-05-2016 10:25 AM

Thanks for the comments, We all got to learn this stuff somehow.
Alright these are the rear, from the differential and from the rear wheels.
Initially, no rips, no drips, no tears. What do you guys think?


https://s17.postimg.org/69o9xj2f3/IMG_1429.jpg

https://s17.postimg.org/yb2bb87pb/IMG_1431.jpg

https://s17.postimg.org/mzznmv0u7/IMG_1432.jpg

https://s17.postimg.org/i2m31qyv3/IMG_1433.jpg


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