2000 4Runner Upper Ball Joints R&R?
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You can free-rent a ball joint press at AutoZone, but be assured that it's still a pretty tough job. After being in there for 15-ish years, they really, really don't want to come out.
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mudmaster, where was the pic in your avatar taken at? Just curious.
If I do mine ever again, I just may consider buying the Toyota UBJs and have a local shop replace them after pulling the knuckle. As Jomoka says, they don't want to come out easily in most cases.
If I do mine ever again, I just may consider buying the Toyota UBJs and have a local shop replace them after pulling the knuckle. As Jomoka says, they don't want to come out easily in most cases.
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Left side is put back together, right side is apart and I'll start putting back it together tomorrow. I'm doing the Tundra brake upgrade also. I was able to use a BFH to get the upper BJs out. Right side fought me hard.
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Googling for a pic I can see that you got to miss the hardest part with your second gen - since the ball joint uses bolts on the 'big' side. On the 3rd gen, the big side is pressed into a hole in the cast wheel carrier/upright. Getting the tapered ball joint out of the hole is the easy part, pressing the ball joint out of the carrier is a much larger struggle.
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