I've got these listed on eBay for $600 but will sell here for $550 plus shipping from 84117.
Total Chaos Uniball Upper Control Arms Toyota Land Cruiser 100 Series 1998-2007 | eBay
Here is the press. The coupon was in their mailer sent out about a week ago in the mail.
The only reason I would consider replacement of the whole lower arm would be if it was damaged/bent. It's just a hunk of steel with a bushing pressed into it so even if rusty you could have it blasted...
My guess would be that a half inch would be more than needed for just the weight of the driver (assuming a "normal" range of weight). If your thinking is to have the truck completely level under your typical driving conditions you should fill the tank halfway, sit in the drivers position (or...
When pressing the new joint in, I believe if you use the prescribed items I laid out you will get a completely straight press and when the press starts to bind (visually and by feel) you will know the joint is in. I also think that the C clip would be much more difficult to put on if it was not...
I should have included some info about my truck and why I replaced the joints.
Several weeks ago I started hearing some clanking coming from the front end when driving over expansion joints in the road. After imagining the lower ball joints moving around to make that noise and what might happen...
I just replaced the LCA ball joints with some Triple 5's sourced through AutoZone sold as DuraLast.
Since there was not a thread with pictures of the actual pressing in and out process I thought I throw something together along with the tricks and tools I used to make the actual pressing...
Put it in what you think is a drive gear and increase the rpms to 2k or so. Be on the brake just in case, but if you're fluid is low it will engage with some additional revs/pump pressure. Had the same issue with mine when I did an A440 for A440 swap along with a pan drop and filter change...
Great mod. Picked up the bushings this week and did the drill "milling" tonight. I used a cheap caliper to match the IDs and ODs. I turned down the pivot rod instead of enlarging the ID of the bushings. Seemed like a simpler solution to me and easier to get uniform than two separate pieces...