Warning To All 2nd Gen Gs Owners

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03-12-08, 03:52 PM

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Can you show some pics of your broken balljoint?

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03-12-08, 06:36 PM

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I saw a 2nd gen on the side of 285 that lost the battle to crusty ball joints. His wheel was inside the fender and the fender was half off.

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03-12-08, 08:09 PM

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Good Thing i just replaced my Ball joints and my Outer tie rod ends.

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03-13-08, 05:00 PM

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Heres another thread started on broken ball joints

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=340101

TRD911...bro my ball joints looked like that too when I was taking pictures of it after it happend...it was just a nice clean break no grease or anything...

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03-13-08, 09:30 PM

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Just bought myself a pair today! Thank god!

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03-25-08, 04:02 PM

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I started to hear a popping sound from the suspension when I start to take off from a complete stop so I went to firestone to do a suspenstion inspection and behold left ball joint has a lot of play in it it is gonna get work on tomorrow... These ball joints are killing me...

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03-25-08, 04:48 PM

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Kevin,

Make sure you get your olds and take the boot off like I did and take pitures of how much grease is in there.

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07-28-08, 04:01 PM

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When I took my car to get a wheel alignment, right after I bought it, the guy said my 2 front ball joints are no good and that I need to replace them. Did that right away, because a bad suspension is the last thing I need driving on NYC'S bumpy roads.

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07-28-08, 06:10 PM

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How much did it cost you out the door?

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07-28-08, 06:15 PM

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I'm getting my lowerball joints replaced tomorrow I got quoted at $384. Plus another $100 for an alighment.

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07-28-08, 06:35 PM

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120 for 2 ball joints, 80 for labor

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07-29-08, 01:34 AM

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i got an 05 gs3 with 59k on it. is this something i should be worried about too?

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07-29-08, 02:20 AM

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i got an 05 gs3 with 59k on it. is this something i should be worried about too?

Is your front end making any creaking noises? Is your car lowered with bigger wheels? They shouldn't be bad at 59k miles but you never know. Ball joints are one of things where some people are lucky (high mileage w/o replacement) or unlucky (bad ball joints early on). Being lowered with bigger wheels will wear out the lower ball joints faster.