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DIY Lower Ball Joints for the 2nd Gen GS. - Step by Step Instructions and Pictures
#136
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Same here!!! I bang the living crap on it and it never came loose. So I used a fork and two hits it was loose. Only took two hours to do both side not bad at all.
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Thanks for all the info, had my ball joints checked was told they were bad. lexus quoted $980.00 and need my gs400 all day. I did it myself in a hour and half. Thanks again for all the info
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Great write up. Had my lower fall apart on me (Just got the car a week before and saw the ball joints oozing grease, just hadn't fixed it yet. Luckily it was as I was pulling out of a parking spot so I didn't damage anything except the ABS/VSC sensor. Thanks for referencing hardware sizes, saved me a ton of trouble.
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So appreciate seeing your post on lower ball joint removal, I have never done anything like this and the shop wanted Huge money to do it. Where did you order your parts from? I have a 98 GS400 with 105K ,Love the car !
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#146
Hey guys, I'm looking at getting the ball joints replaced on my GS as a pre-caution. Did any of you have to replace upper control arms? Sounds like that is the pricey part of the fix and I'm wondering if I need to worry about that.
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This thread is awesome, thanks so much! I see mention and one posted video of how to "hit" tie rods and ball joints out, but I did not see a video specifically for Lexus.
I tackled the LBJ's this past weekend. For those of you that cannot get your LBJ off using the hammer method, I took a quick video to specifically show how I did it. 1998 GS400 with 118K miles. Pull up on it and keep hitting it. It will go - trust me. As for the tie rod, I just used a pitman arm remover because it was sitting there. I was too scared to bang on that one, but I really just should have done it.
I tackled the LBJ's this past weekend. For those of you that cannot get your LBJ off using the hammer method, I took a quick video to specifically show how I did it. 1998 GS400 with 118K miles. Pull up on it and keep hitting it. It will go - trust me. As for the tie rod, I just used a pitman arm remover because it was sitting there. I was too scared to bang on that one, but I really just should have done it.