Kerby J

well guys bout a week ago i my lower ball joint blew out on me when i was crusin bout 55mph so ive been fixin it ever since then well bout 3 years ago when i did my lift i swaped over to the tacoma manual hubs and after i had the bearings pressed in the passenger side was bad but ive delt with it since then bc it didnt cause that many problems well since i was fixing my car form the ball joint blow out i decided to have it fixed and just after a day of driving its bad again

so here is my question do yall think that the hub, knuckle, or the bearing is the problem or since it was damaged from the beginning that it messed something up because my mechanic told me of no problems that he saw

any help would be appreciated

brian2sun

You sure the mechanic installed it right? I would take it back to him and let him figure it out since you paid him for nothing. If something is screwed up to the point where it failed that bearing immediately, the mechanic should probably noticed that and warned you when he had it apart.

Kerby J

did that and the bearing just went bad and so i got another one istalled and it seems to b good so we will c haha

brian2sun

I wonder if he ruined the bearing during install or if it was a defective bearing?? Hard to find out now, but I'm sure we know what the mechanic thinks, haha.

Kerby J

it was a defective bearing i got them to give it back to me so that i could send it back to get my money back haha

Nelsonmd

What do you have against friendly puncuation (., are your friends)? Took 3 reads to understand your question...

Did the bearing ever drive well after the LBJ broke? It seems to me the bearing could have been loaded off axis if the geometry changed when the LBJ broke.

Kerby J

bearing was changed after the lower ball joint was replaced and was determined bad after the install

scuba

Took me 2X to read it.
It was kind of tough.