You want to replace both at the same time usually. Anything I ever do to one side you might as well get the othe side out of the way because it won't be too far behind the one you replace on giving out

man mine just gave out this morning, but mine happened as soon as i merged onto the interstate so I was going at least 60 mph, and now I'm wondering exactly what parts I'll need to fix this

How many miles are on your car? And have you ever replaced the #2 lower control arm bushings?
BTW: Are you ok? And how much damage did your car sustain?

I'm jus now getting to 136k, an no I have not

Parts number listings of what you changed?

You might want to look into changing them along with the rest of your components like sway bar endlinks, inner and outer tie rods, control arm bushings, etc....

ughh....just found out today my upper ball joints have play and the lower ball joints have none. there is heavy creaking every so often on the driver side tho. Can it be a bad lower ball joint if there is no play????

Ahhh man i remember when this happened to me....i didnt replace the fender because i dont have the money for it. im to worried about upgrading my GTE motor...so instead i mixed to stickers with coilovers and static drop on the part where the paint is chipping and covered it up .i now call it the BEAUTY MARK when people say omg his fender is so ugly thats why ill never slam my car, i tell them to F off my balljoint went out at least i have a supra motor and you dont hahahah

Good looking out about this. My friend had a similar situation, good thing it happen when he was turning slow to a drive way.

Guys, Moog balljoints (with greasable zerk fittings) are on RockAuto.com for $35 a pop. Just replace them!

From a preventative stance, what else would be able to be changed at this same time to minimize labor.

Honestly, do both upper & lower ball joints + the inner & outer tire rods. If you really want to save money on labor replace your shocks and strut mounts while you're at it especially if you have any signs of them being worn.

My LBJ went out while I was on my way to work a year ago & looked just like the OPs. I had just read about the problem the night before not knowing what horror I was in for the next morning.

I am getting some noises/creeking when I back up and turn. I have a 04 430 with only 44k miles. Is it possible that these need replacing with this low of miles? Is there a way to know they are worn out for sure?

I'd like to know this as well. I just bought an 01 GS430 with 45k, always garaged. For piece of mind I am going to order the MOOG lowers, but wanted to see if there were any suggestions for changing out other parts at the same time just due to the age.

Can I use a pitman arm puller to press out the lower ball joint? And then the cars weight to press it back into place?