what do you mean by YOU guys???

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I might just take the control arms out and have the bushings pressed at a mechanic w a press. I did the same to change struts.

Muy cierto. La temperatura de un extremo a otro en tan poco tiempo , es muy dañino. Very true. Sudden temperature extremes are very harmful. Pero, muy buen video. But, a very good video.

If you had a strong enough press, I don't see why not. But I'd be worried about it not fitting or being strong enough. Hydraulic press is what I used, so I wasn't able to really gauge how much juice it took.

You can rent a ball joint press from most auto part stores. It fits on the control and with it installed on the truck.

Had everything I needed for both sides. Also had some other spacers that I'm assuming are needed for the Hilux, but didn't need for the Tacoma.

SprocketHead thanks for this awesome video!!!

Whiteline kit has the bushings and sleeves already installed. They are a plug and play thing. The moog part I used is just the lower ball joint. I mis-spoke that it was the bushing. My bad.

I'm not sure about the Total Chaos one, but I doubt it would fit. I used the MOOG one which is technically aftermarket.

It was plenty strong enough, there just wasn't enough room for me to maneuver the control arm to the position I needed it to be in, in order to press the new bushings in. The big arbor press had enough room.

Had to add that much heat on that particular arm. The other side wasn't so bad, but didn't want to bend the control arm. Beer and fire always makes a good time anyways!

SprocketHead Been there!! :)

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SprocketHead Thank you!

I did grease them a little bit just so they slide in easily. If I remember correctly, the back ones were smaller than the front. You can't mix them up though.

Still working like a charm!

Still going strong! I off road quite a bit on them too. No issues at all

Radius I wish it was mine! Belongs to the school district my dad works at, and is probably 60 years old at least.

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Yes, the front 'arm' and the back one are different sizes. Both should come in just about every kit you buy and can't be mixed up.

I'm not sure I know what you are asking. The upper control arm is not necessary to remove if you are rebuilding the lower control arm. The lower control arm has to be removed to rebuild it.

@@SprocketHead I just have a failed lower ball joint. I see youve disconnected the shock. Then removed the nut on the lower ball joint. Then popped it off. Im wondering if i can bend that arm down enough to put a hand held press to just get the lower ball joint out. Would the bolts on a seized setup move that much you think? I am not looking to get crazy with the bolts.

@@OhmME1984 I believe, with how much pressure it took us to get mine out, that you probably would not be able to get it out without a real hydraulic press. If I remember correctly, it took my press up to 15T to get it to move. The bolts might not actually be as bad as you think, but if you do mess with them, you will have to align the truck again.

@@SprocketHead Just tried to attempt the ball joint. Couldnt get the arm to articulate down past the bottom of the shock as the bolts are frozen. Which means cutting. I think ill just replace the control arm.

I would assume so, though I've never bought new ones since I rebuilt mine.

If you're referring to the pickle fork set, It's a set from Autozone. Has like 6 of them and the whole thing with hard case is like $50. Not a bad deal.

its the breaker bar at 5:30 ? is that part of the pickle fork set? I dont need a ball joint separator just a good size breaker bar.

Ahh that one. Its a 3/4: drive socket wrench. It's only maybe 2' long by itself. I yanked the handle off of my floor jack and used it as a cheater.

Great so far! It's my weekend toy, so I don't have a ton of miles on the new setup, but its done a couple off road trips and probably 2-3k miles and held up perfectly.

I guess if it did, they wouldn't have gotten it to fit back in place.

It can do depending on control arm strengtn and how stuck bushes are. Clamping other end in a vice level with top of jaws may spread the load. However I would personally avoid this method if possible.

Possibly, but with a lift, the stock bushings will continually go bad due to the bad angles and rubber bushings, and most aftermarket lowers that have Poly bushings are upwards of $1k. It's just a cheaper alternative if you don't want to go aftermarket.

I’m going to be doing this soon - Tacoma’s only really have Total Chaos LCA as an aftermarket option at about $2000 for a pair. OEM LCAs with rubber bushings are $600 to $700 for a pair. Moog and Menvotech LCAs are kinda garbage if you are actually wanting to upgrade, so Whiteline and Energy Bushing upgrades to the OEM LCAs we already own is the best and cheapest alternative.

Not if you have aftermarket suspension. Angles will constantly trash stock rubber bushings. Aftermarket control arms with poly bushings are upwards of $1k. Or just do what I did here and rebuild with poly bushings.

Dey poe country folk, they got no shoes or safety glasses, Dey just got skills;-)

How so? Had a 4T jack under both frame mounts plus a pump jack at times.