Ball joint MOOG or OEM Toyota

Moog parts K80026.. Harbor Freight press. The ball joint is pre greased that’s why the end looks like that. Turns out the top joint was bad. Got a replacement & everything worked. Now the ABS light is turned on and off.

Ive done this. That doesnt look seated. Isnt there a snap ring that secures that? How are you getting the pats in and out? I used a hydraulic press to get them apart, then used a Harbor Freight screw press to put them in. I think I had to clean up the holes with emery paper or a sanding drum and drill to get the joints to seat. I used Moog parts.

My 02 had the recall done somewhere around 2017. Seems to be holding up Great!

I went with moog when I lifted my truck almost 40k miles ago by now. I’m not saying everyone else is wrong with OEM, but I’m not dead yet

I paid like 230 for oem Lbjs from Toyota on Amazon. Then 20 for the bolts from my local dealer

1st gent toyota tundra. Bullet-proof motor, solid transmission ; terrible lower ball joint design.

except the ball joints. replace those son bitches with some sealed/permagreased. i am in a 2012.

in the 3rd gen 4Runner (96-02) community, Moogs have a well deserved reputation of being hot garbage. The design of the front steering/suspension is such that when the lower ball joints give up, the spindle comes detached and causes the front wheel to basically do whatever it wants, with subsequent loss of vehicle control. There are many many reports of Moogs failing with 20-30k.

I installed Moog ball joints before I did any research. They were shot when I went to replace them with OEM at about 7K miles.

Generally love moog, but had a set of ball joints fail on my ram after less than 10k miles. Worse than dodge factory parts.