1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

The 1G Tacoma Farcebook page is an endless parade of posts of failed ball joints with captions like “I got got”, or “ball joints finally gave out”.

Well why didn’t you replace them if you knew it was a common failure at high mileage?

 

Just need to upgrade the tires and axles on yours

 

Probably shoulda sold em


holy hell my English is bad

 

They do tend to act like it is a secret or something. Although I do know of one TW guy that has had multiple failures and never learns.... in fact if you search for 1st gen balljoint failure he comes up a lot

 

I'd have to buy a whole axle housing

They're soooo beefy looking.

 

Nah, you cut your knuckle balls out and weld these in, same process for resetting caster with your OEM knuckle balls, cut and turn and reweld, only way to build in cross caster too.

 

Called you out

 

Maybe if someone with an AE86 wants to trade, if not I'll just pass it down to my son.

 

Dad?...

 

I don’t understand why people seem to see it as a badge of honor to post a pic of their truck with the tire caved in. I mean even a grand at a mechanic is better than potentially doing totalling your truck.

 

Ima drop them off to get rebuilt next week anyway I think

 

Oh no way, I've been on their site and don't see them for sale. In fact one page said they're not sold alone (anymore) so must've changed recently.

 

Is than an 85?

 

A grand?

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck that, where?

$220-250 or whatever they cost for an OEM pair and 15-30 mins in the driveway.

 

It's EFI so most likely. My 84 was carbed.

 

Idk I’ve heard people say they were quoted around that for the job. The PO put new OEMs on mine, but I’ve been meaning to check the torque specs.

 

Don't pay a shop to do balljoints

 

There are people in AR with a grand in their bank accts? Anyway, I wouldn't pay to have such an easy job done by anyone else. Seriously like 15mins per side and she's done

 

You could get either in 85 but EFI was 85+ models

 

Yea I wouldn’t, I’ve just seen people say that’s what they were quoted. Or maybe that was for bearings too, idk.