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Upper Ball Joint Replacement

Discussion in 'General Tacoma Talk' started by Cale159, Jul 27, 2025.

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Jul 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM

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Newer to trying to work on my own truck so this may be a dumb question. But I recently acquired an ‘09 Tacoma and noticed the upper ball joints need to be replaced. I currently have the icon delta joint UCAs. Should I replace the whole UCA or just the delta joint within it? Thanks

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Jul 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM

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I have the same arms, replacement delta-joints are available through ICON. I did mine a couple years ago on the bench with the control arm removed from the truck. It wasn't any harder (or easier) than any other replaceable ball joint..

Do the poly bushings at the same time, they have a tendency to get "flat" and allow movement

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