Full disclosure. I’m not the sharpest beer in the fridge but Toyota is giving me a headache. In hindsight I should have just taken this to a mechanic but I’d like to learn and I’m neck deep in this mess so I gotta solider on. I plan to have my local mechanic check my work when I take it in for an alignment but I gotta get this rig mobile first. Lol I’ve been dinkin around with this for a few days and kept getting pulled away.
2001 Sequoia 4x4 Limited Lower Ball Joints. I got all my parts in finally and started the lower ball joint replacement with OEM Everything.
They sent me two different sets of bolts.
4 - part # 90105-10505 silver bolt with attached flange and red loctite already on it.
4 - 90119-10933 a black bolt with a unattached washer and no loctite.
these were purchased from one of the closest Toyota dealers from me which is an hour away.
The bolts I’ve taken out of the old ball joints are all like the silver washers with the attached flange. They do not appear to be stretched and these old lower ball joints appear to be OEM ball joints. I don’t know their age and Ive had the vehicle for just over 100,000 miles and 9 years so I’m changing them.
The dealer is adamant that these two bolt part numbers are the only two for this part but he can’t tell me which holes the respective bolts go in or why there are two types of bolts.
What I THINK is that the black bolts go in the two holes with the raised alignment flange on the LBJ itself. (See pics). The black bolts have 2 marks on them which I believe is grade 8? The Silver bolts have 6 hash marks which I believe is grade 6? The black bolt is slightly longer than the silver.
Any assistance is appreciated.
2001 Sequoia 4x4 Limited Lower Ball Joints. I got all my parts in finally and started the lower ball joint replacement with OEM Everything.
They sent me two different sets of bolts.
4 - part # 90105-10505 silver bolt with attached flange and red loctite already on it.
4 - 90119-10933 a black bolt with a unattached washer and no loctite.
these were purchased from one of the closest Toyota dealers from me which is an hour away.
The bolts I’ve taken out of the old ball joints are all like the silver washers with the attached flange. They do not appear to be stretched and these old lower ball joints appear to be OEM ball joints. I don’t know their age and Ive had the vehicle for just over 100,000 miles and 9 years so I’m changing them.
The dealer is adamant that these two bolt part numbers are the only two for this part but he can’t tell me which holes the respective bolts go in or why there are two types of bolts.
What I THINK is that the black bolts go in the two holes with the raised alignment flange on the LBJ itself. (See pics). The black bolts have 2 marks on them which I believe is grade 8? The Silver bolts have 6 hash marks which I believe is grade 6? The black bolt is slightly longer than the silver.
Any assistance is appreciated.