driver and passenger are the same
1999 lower control arm.. oem or aftermarket?
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I just put a genuine one on mine and it didn't have that on it. You can get genuine ones cheaper than aftermarket ones in the UK £120 a side.
Those are aftermarket LCA you have on your rig. I assume you are not the original owner of that truck, the PO must have replaced with aftermarket LCA to save cost due to wear on the ball joints and bushings.
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I'm the second owner. that's what I thought happened instead of replacing the ball joint and bushings they replaced the entire LCA. Ball joint boot is ripped already. I'm thinking of buying Toyota LCA, is there better than Toyota?
My aftermarket ball joint only lasted 3 months until it started knocking, that's the reason I went oem, it was harder to change the whole arm than to just replace the ball joint but I'm hoping it was worth it. I will be changing the other side soon as there was wear in the bushings. I did change the chassis bushing at the same time which was the hardest part, hard as in effort not technical. I think it depends on what you use your vehicle for as to if there are better LCA out there, as it has been reported of weaknesses in the toyota arm when used for a lot of off-roading.
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i will be ordering Oem today. Did you have to remove the torsion bar completely to install the new LCA?
I didnt need to drop the complete torsion bar, just release the tension and undo the bolts holding the torque arm, then just slide this back up the torsion bar out of the way. If the torque arm is siezed on the torsion bar you can still do it in place, you just have to undo the adjuster all the way and you can twist the torsion bar out of the way, just. There are a few threads on how to change LCA which I found helpful.