Friday, March 30, 2007 - 09:33 pm, by: Ben Evans(Sbyder)
Thanks to all for your replys.
I contacted a few shops that do the injection moulding, but they said its not a fix for stuffed ball joints, just ones with a little play. I stopped into STZ on the way home from work (night shift - yuck!) and they had some celsior arms in perfect nick (just minus the boots) just sitting there. Grabbed them ($80 each) nicked over to repco and bought some boots and high temp grease and threw them on this morning!
You have got no idea how rooted the old ones were. I can move the ball at least 5-10mm in each direction, theres no grease left and the balls are rusted out. And to think, the boots looked in good nick as well!
Anyway, i'll see if i can track down a rebuilder for the old ones, as eventually these celsior ones will fail, so i'll have a backup pair.
I'll also be chasing the bottom ball joints in the near future. As they are readily available from the UK for about £80 each.
Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 11:14 am, by: Steve England(Stevee)
Hi all,
Replaced both front lower ball joints in January. Part numbers as per Brad's post above - $123 ex from Castle Hill Toyota (had to come from Japan). Replaced upper right arm with a very good unit from a front cut (Hondwreck - Clayton 3169).
Steering and noise now as new, and I thought it was all fair value.
Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 07:05 pm, by: Ben Evans(Sbyder)
$123!!! OMG!
https://www.autopartswarehouse.com/ has them for around $200 delivered ($69US each + postage, but if i can get them for almost the same amount through toyota i'll try them!
Monday, April 09, 2007 - 09:52 am, by: Michael Sukahar(Rx3_ip)
I just bought an Aristo TT ( grade 4 ? ) today looks very nice and with 6 months rego , be the 1st owner in Aust , hope that I don't get too much problem with it .
Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 09:06 pm, by: Wayne Koh(Teknoboi)
I'm getting this vibration as well, especially over 90km/hr.... got wheel alignment and balanced multiple times.... put a new set of rims on with ball locators so they fit tight, also got them aligned and balanced multiple times but still vibrating at speeds over 90km/h.