Just a heads up on a recent problem I found.
In Jul 2014 I purchased aftermarket steering arms for my Prado from a local Sydney eBay seller, they looked good, fitted well and were less than $50 for the pair. Now less than 6 months old and less than 10,000km of mostly commuting on bitumen roads they are totally stuffed with lots of slop. See the video below. The red is a Mobile synthetic grease I used during the initial install.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oinhin2qa5c
I have been noticing twitchy steering of late and put it down to what I believed to be worn steering rack bushes so I purchased Whiteline power steering rack bushes and installed them. When I was putting it all back together I noticed both steering arms had heaps of slop.
In this picture you can see the nylon has been destroyed and started to be squeezed out of the ball joint. I would hate to see what might have happened if this was left for much longer. It could have been extremely dangerous with the arms totally letting go.
Today I fitted new arms supplied by REPCO a much more reputable seller of spare parts. These were much more expensive, $90 each but I am sure they will last much longer. I get a wheel alignment in the morning.
You get what you pay for, its my fault, I should have know better
In Jul 2014 I purchased aftermarket steering arms for my Prado from a local Sydney eBay seller, they looked good, fitted well and were less than $50 for the pair. Now less than 6 months old and less than 10,000km of mostly commuting on bitumen roads they are totally stuffed with lots of slop. See the video below. The red is a Mobile synthetic grease I used during the initial install.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oinhin2qa5c
I have been noticing twitchy steering of late and put it down to what I believed to be worn steering rack bushes so I purchased Whiteline power steering rack bushes and installed them. When I was putting it all back together I noticed both steering arms had heaps of slop.
In this picture you can see the nylon has been destroyed and started to be squeezed out of the ball joint. I would hate to see what might have happened if this was left for much longer. It could have been extremely dangerous with the arms totally letting go.
Today I fitted new arms supplied by REPCO a much more reputable seller of spare parts. These were much more expensive, $90 each but I am sure they will last much longer. I get a wheel alignment in the morning.
You get what you pay for, its my fault, I should have know better
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