Upper ball joint boot

I damaged an upper ball joint boot on my 2001 Tacoma. Does anyone make a universal slip over boot? The joints are less than 1 year old and in good condition.

 

Looks like Energy Suspension makes some. Not sure which size/which ones you'd need but you should be able to figure it out.

http://energysuspension.com/products/Tie-Rod-Ball-Joint-Boots.html

 

Yea I found those. I guess I'll need to pull out the caliper.

 

Someone have a spare upper ball joint laying around they could measure?

 

I believe @what road just pulled some old ones off.

 

Just for reference. I went and measured an upper ball joint today with a digital caliper. I got ~17.5 mm at the largest point of the stud and ~43.3 on the body of the joint where it goes through the spindle.

I ordered energy suspension 9.13119 part number and we will see how this goes...

 

Let us know how it turns out!

 

Definitely let us know how it works...I just noticed I have a boot missing too.

 

For those wondering, it did work! Took me about 15 min to get it done.

 

Once installed how smashed up is the ball joint cover? pics of that too

 

It's not bad at all.

 

Hey there 01GreenTacoma, I just bought a 2003 Taco myself that needs exactly this done on it.

Did you use ball joint puller to free yours or you just banged around it with a hammer?

 

I would suggest you replace the balljoint itself if it never has been done. Could potentially snap off down the road.

 

Thanks Tony. I got a PPI on the truck before buying it and the shop only mentioned that the boot is torn, the ball joint should be ok. I'll poke at it with a pry bar to see if there's any play there to double check. In the meantime I found that Harbor Freight sells a pretty neat ball joint extractor for $20 - SKU 99849 for those interested - which I'll probably use for this project, whether or not I'll end up replacing the joint itself.

Cheers!

 

I would love to see these 1st gens to last longer. I got complemented on my 1st gen, someone else wanted to buy mine so he could take it back to mexico.....no brah....

 

That little thing?

I have one and used it but you're definitely not removing the upper ball joint with that thing.

You want the c clamp, and even then some aren't successful with it and end up yanking out their spindle instead.

That upper ball joint is pressed in pretty damn tight in that spindle.

 

Toyota makes a replacement boot kit.

Upper Balljoint Reboot Kit - #43324-39015
https://www.toyotapartsdeal.com/oem/toyota~cover~front~upper~ball~joint~dust~rh~43324-39015.html

 

I just send it in the vertical press. Couple pumps and they fly right out

 

Anyone use this? Did it come with grease to pack? If not, what kind of grease did you use?

 

Those UBJ reboot kits do come with grease. You get the boot, a new wire and the grease.