Here's THE FIX For Toyota LOWER BALL JOINTS!!

Here's THE FIX For Toyota LOWER BALL JOINTS!! How To Replace Toyota Lower Ball Joints!! Toyota 4Runner Lower Ball Joint Replacement!! #toyota #ballJoint #mechanic

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In this video I continue repairs on my 2005 Toyota 4Runner. This repair process started as a simple CV axle replacement and quickly snowballed into a knuckle replacement as well as a while-I'm-there upper and lower ball joint replacement. So far that's the plan but... plans can quickly change. This specific video shows the lower ball joint replacement which includes the headaches and hardships I went through while getting the job done. The lower ball joint I used in this video is the MOOG K500417.

One notable hardship was the fact that the ball joint was seized in the lower control arm. No matter what I did it wouldn't budge. Then I used a torch to heat up the hoop that holds the ball joint which makes the metal expand. That expansion, with some taps from a hammer, helps to break up the corrosion that holds the ball joint in there. As soon as I tapped the heated ball joint hoop with that hammer the ball joint broke free. This was very surprising to me. I obviously knew of this method to break stubborn bolts and such loose but have never really tried it myself. It definitely worked quickly and efficiently. So, if you're trying to replace a pressed in ball joint and it's stuck like mine was, you may want to educate yourself on the use of heat to help break it free.

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00:00 Introduction
00:37 Remove Old Ball Joint
04:16 Install New Moog Ball Joint
06:35 Conclusion

[GrillSergeant]

4:04 Universally the best feeling ever. All other attempts at doing something don't work until something FINALLY does and that feeling of pure elation is hard to put into words but usually just ends up shouting for joy really loud.

[JonnyDIY]

Great job, heat/torch aka hot wrench really does the trick with old crusty suspension 👍👍

[johnfitzgerald]

It is a needle grease fitting. I bought one as an accessory to my lock n lube grease gun. My front drive shaft gets the slip joint greased that way.

[RobertLopezAmateurFilm]

It's genuinely enjoyable to watch you through your journey of slowly tackling bigger and bigger jobs

[candridge]

Just seen a early Toyota 4Runner with the v8, now I'm tempted to buy because of your videos

[NWGarage]

Love all your lights and light panels you use, wish other you tubers would be up to the spec you are

[matthewpeterson]

I'm glad your ball joint tool had the right sized cups. I have two ball joint tool kits, one for trucks and one for cars, and neither had cups that would fit the nearly non-existent lip on the Infinity G35 lower control arms. Either too big or too small. Had to buy an accessory pack of cups, but it was worth it because the variety of cups / tubes have come in handy for pressing bushings and other tasks. Thanks for another great video!

[-old-Forthischet]

I had new Bilsteins installed on the front end of m 2003 4Runner. The shop said that the adjustment things for alignment were totally bad so the best course was to just replace both lower control arms along with the ball joints. Made sense to me.

[donsternberg]

Great job Jimmy! I'm encouraged by your perseverance. Never give up! Never give in!

[Marc]

I love your videos, nice to see someone working not from a hoist.
However, at 6:18 when you say it’s completely seated, and there’s room from the c clip to the knuckle, and you can still see groove marks, are you sure that all joint is completely seated?

[ppeterson]

Great video!
Looks like the new joint has a noticeable space between the C clip and the lower control arm. I’m a big believer in OEM parts.

[robbyota]

Great video. These toyotas are notorious for balljoint problems. You might think about a balljoint eliminator kit, uniball instead of balljoint.

[robertlong]

Love your videos Jimmy. Very informative.. Keep up the good work my friend

[martinnormand]

The good thing about the old ball joint with the removable boot, you can replace just the boot if the ball joint is still good.

[occipitalexposure]

I did this recently on my 4runner. Absolutely miserable experience due to corrosion. If I ever have to do it again, I'll start it on a Friday afternoon and make sure I have Monday and Tuesday off from work just in case things don't go as planned and I need parts.

[hanotme.]

Im a pro this is one of the hardest ball joints I ever done on any car ever i done. I had to use a breaker bar with a jack handle I thought the ball joint press was going to explode with the amount of force i was putting on that press. I love how you can see the press flex back when it pops.

[NWGarage]

Heat and a good mini sledge hammer is always just a great way to start all ball joints 💪🏽💪🏽

[damkhan]

keep do the video I will watch your video and support you

[Chorizomicks]

Paid 1200$ OTD for Original upper and lower control arms for my 07 4R, lasted 250k miles. I’m expecting another at least 250k on this new one

[ravl]

Please update us when the Moog lower ball joint starts having play in it. I’ll bet the Toyota joint with 240k on it on the passenger side outlast this new one.