tom steele

i replaced mine when i did my air ride to and seeing all these photos ill probably change every 50,000 miles for now on to cheap to replace to wait for this to happen sorry to hear this man just glad your safe and weren't going faster!!!

vwynn

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we should setup a balljoint meet. where we check eachothers ballsjoint.

hermm imma wait till Lexus of Westminster meet to see if i can purchase it through there! employee pricing maybe!

98GS300-2

Another quick question..


I took another picture of it today and was wondering...should BOTH circled things be replaced? I ordered the 2 ball joints for $120 at Sewell in Fort Worth and then realized I might need more than what I had ordered? Any opinions/suggestions?

Thanks again for all your help guys!

sam430

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The other one is connected to the tie rod. It looks like you might want to change your tie rod too. Read the DIY.

Spyder78

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That is one piece, the left balljoint.

AYEmike

lol i have the 01+ balljoints in my 02 and mine snapped two weeks ago. still a fail, getting it fixed.

sam430

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LOL..yeah, it looks like he has the newer balljoint in that picture. Must go RCA.

That right there is a lubrication issue. Wassup with that? The manufacturer of these OEM parts needs to put more grease in that thing!

Smitty

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Dam. I just went air on the new ride. I'm bout to replace mine soon just cause. I ride low so if mine goes then my wheel is done. lol


-Smitty

sakataj

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yeah joel this is why i like preventative maintenance....

AlphaJZS

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im too lazy to search right now but has there been any confirmed cases of 2001+ gs's doing this?

AYEmike

mine went out lol and i have a 02 gs300 with 50k.

98GS300-2

Fixed!

Now just gotta get the ABS system working again, ABS/VCS/Traction are all still lit and not working :/

Fixing this was easier than doing the brakes, took like 45 min total for both sides. Thanks for the help guys!

cliffud

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hmm- easier than doing the brakes?? really?

i'm at 204k miles now and i think i'm on my 3rd set of ball joints... i'll probably get these replaced in the next few months... :/

sam430

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fixing the brake is a million times easier, but replacing the ballpoint is not difficult either.


(Then again, I have the ls400 brake so it pulls out. There should be no reason any ls400 guys paying for a brake job..no way.)

TRD911

Bingo... it has to be a lubrication issue. All the broken ones I have seen have been bone dry. No cool.

BP