****!!! Got a balljoint failure today! Pix..
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****!!! Got a balljoint failure today! Pix..
I had 2 of my kids in the car too luckily for me it was when I just pulled out of a parking space and was going 3 mph. To think, I even drove this car from San Francisco to Vegas last week.. With a packed car. I even replaced bj 3yrs ago with Moog parts and only put 25k.. That doesn't sound right. I also just had alignment 3 weeks. Well, I just thank god no one was hurt.
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Glad that you are ok. For some reason, I've only read of these lbj's breaking with people going low speeds, which is a good thing. Are you sure that these are Moog products? I don't see the zerk grease fitting. Moog lbj's come with the zerk fitting. Hopefully this wasn't done at some shady mechanic who stated that they put Moog products on your car and put CRAP CHINA parts on instead while overcharging you.
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Sad. Very dangerous. For all the hate German automakers get for unreliability, I'd rather drive one of those knowing my suspension won't crap on my family. Toyota should have been sued for this crap. You have cheap economic cars that can go for 100k + on the original ball joints.
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Glad that you are ok. For some reason, I've only read of these lbj's breaking with people going low speeds, which is a good thing. Are you sure that these are Moog products? I don't see the zerk grease fitting. Moog lbj's come with the zerk fitting. Hopefully this wasn't done at some shady mechanic who stated that they put Moog products on your car and put CRAP CHINA parts on instead while overcharging you.
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Glad you and your fam is safe.
I just replaced my LBJ's & ITR's with moog a couple of months ago.
YaKuZa-GS - Good info, I guess I'm in the market for RCA's.
Do you need rear RCA's too then?
I just replaced my LBJ's & ITR's with moog a couple of months ago.
YaKuZa-GS - Good info, I guess I'm in the market for RCA's.
Do you need rear RCA's too then?
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Thanx guys.. my car was slammed on coilovers, but I swapped to stock. So this would be my daily. I'm also thinking if the person who swapped out my coilovers for his swapped my bjs.. cuz mine were newer. I only had about 25k on those bjs. hmm. Just a thought. If that's the case.. that's shady.
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OP, another way to check it out is to see if it has the 555 Japan stamp on it. I've never heard of Moog breaking, especially with only 25k.