replacing ball joints.. WHY so expensive

cre · 02-24-2012, 02:29 AM

The uppers were always the worst. They're part of the arm and not serviceable. There were a couple people over at SM trying to figure out way's around this. One person have the stock arms machined and a sleeve added so that they could have a smaller but less expensive and easy to find ball joint pressed in; The other had custom tubular arms built which would accept a comparable size ball joint. I don't remember anything more than that.

A quick search shows that O'Reilly has an OE control arm with ball joint for $125 per side:

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...0317&ppt=C0106

02-24-2012, 02:29 AM	#2
cre Toyota Racing Development Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 5,038	The uppers were always the worst. They're part of the arm and not serviceable. There were a couple people over at SM trying to figure out way's around this. One person have the stock arms machined and a sleeve added so that they could have a smaller but less expensive and easy to find ball joint pressed in; The other had custom tubular arms built which would accept a comparable size ball joint. I don't remember anything more than that. A quick search shows that O'Reilly has an OE control arm with ball joint for $125 per side: http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...0317&ppt=C0106 __________________ If something breaks or you need to contact a member of the administration please post HERE. Unless it's a private or administration matter please post it on the forum. It benefits no one else if car related questions aren't posted for future users and takes away from the time I'm able to spend helping on the rest of the forum. If you're so inclined I'm always more than happy to accept tips via PayPal. Tip Jar --->