help with lower ball joint issues on my 200 (1 Viewer)

[vonzippercrane]

i recently installed a 2 inch fox front suspension lift and stripped the threads on the lower ball joints on both sides of the vehicle (i know, i know. I'm a dummy)

my question is how hard is the install of just the ball joints only? should i just save time and take both tie rods with replacement ball joints to the mechanic to install? do they need to be pressed in ?



note: my local toyota dealer quoted my at 100$ per ball joint. thats not too bad

thanks in advance

 

[mark71]

You can buy ball joint tool kits from Amazon for $100 or less. Pretty easy to use, and then you have the tool.

 

[bjowett]

The lower ball joints have a VERY tight interferenence/press fit... I'm not entirely sure some of those tools are up to the task...

 

[vonzippercrane]

Thanks. I will try renting a c clamp press tool from autozone to replace the ball joints. But honestly I'm kinda over it and I just might call a mechanic to finish it. Lol

Thanks again for the responses

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Sorry to hear of your woes... we've all been there before

Putting OE ball-joints back in?

 

[vonzippercrane]

Yep. I'm putting oem ball joints back in. Gotta get my

 

[vonzippercrane]

Whoops. I meant to finish saying, gotta get my rig ready for Memorial Day weekend