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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 07:41 PM
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at what mileage do the ball joints tend to go out?
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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 08:12 PM
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please search before making threads like these.
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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 08:23 PM
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It largely depends on the road conditions, if your car is lowered, etc. My 99 GS400's ball joints started to click around 125k miles. Some GS fail long before that and some don't have the slightly hints of failing.
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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 08:26 PM
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my gs has low mileage and it went out at 45k
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 09:23 AM
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General rule of thumb 90k
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Old Nov 5, 2009 | 08:55 PM
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upper and lower?
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