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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:04 pm
by philip
During the mid/late 1990 Toyota trucks, there were defected lower ball joints. They had slotted nuts. The problem was ... the seal grease leaked out over time. And then one day ....

1: (these photos occured in an up graded mountain road at 35 mph about 2 minutes when I was coming down the road.)

2: (These photos taken with my little cell phone).

3: (The truck had 165,000 miles on it).

4: (Toyota STILL has a recall on those trucks ... free charge.)

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This liquid is brake fluid. Notice how dry and rusty the ball is.
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:36 pm
by asavage
Great pics! Not too often you are in the right place at the right time to take one of those.