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Originally Posted by Mike Donofrio
That 'socket' is part of the spindle, and Toyota is saying that they'll replace the balljoints themselves?!?!? It doesn't sound like replacing the balljoint would have cured the problem in your case and the actual repair may aggravate it. The act of pressing the balljoint into the 'socket' stresses the casting of the spindle and forces the balljoint into the whole that's a 1-2mm too small. If they are replacing the balljoints and the spindles are failing, it's a much bigger issue than we are led to believe. The balljoints may actually be the wrong size or the hole in the spindle (the 'socket')
The two situations you've described are failure in the spindle AND the ball joint. They failed on two separate (but related) components is that correct?
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I was told they replaced "everything" . I will need to pull the repair invoice and I can list everything they replaced. These were two seperate failures one at 190,000 miles the other at 250,000 miles. Still working on pics.