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Yikes, better check the driver’s side also. Hopefully no injuries!
We have annual inspections here in MASS. Pain in the but, but hopefully catches items like that before they go catastrophic.
Just out of curiosity, how many miles on that ball joint?
They're not weak, underspecced, or overstressed, they just have a catastrophic failure mode since the weight of the truck is pulling the ball out of the cup. You can't let them get worn out.
Yikes, better check the driver’s side also. Hopefully no injuries!
We have annual inspections here in MASS. Pain in the but, but hopefully catches items like that before they go catastrophic.
The shop replaced both sides. Amazingly, only the ball joints themselves needed to be replaced, and an alignment was then done.
Originally Posted by Jomoka
Just out of curiosity, how many miles on that ball joint?
They're not weak, underspecced, or overstressed, they just have a catastrophic failure mode since the weight of the truck is pulling the ball out of the cup. You can't let them get worn out.
I think it has just over 260K miles in the chassis. He just bought the truck fun a coworker, who said they were done about two years ago.
Last edited by Zcostilla; Nov 14, 2024 at 10:45 AM.
Oof, you can see by the pic that it was a ball coming out of the socket failure, not a loose or broken bolt issue (either the large single bolt on one side, or the 4 smaller bolts on the other).
General consensus is to only use OEM Toyota balljoints, not cheaper parts from parts stores. People have had premature failures from cheaper aftermarket parts, and this is one place where you don't want to try to save a few bucks.
Nov 7, 2024 | 03:09 PM
