Comments by "rondhole" (@rondhole) on "OEM vs Aftermarket Ball Joints" video.

@lashlarue7924 Man, if you have Toyota cars or a nonTruck base suvs like highlander or RAV4, your ball joints last forever. Literally, unless you have an accident or bad mechanics tears the boot. All Ball joints in Toyota that go bad I had found in 23 years are either after accident, or someone replace it with aftermarket. In Toyota, only the shocks/struts, some bushings (sway bar, stabilizer links, and control arms)) go bad. Not a balljoint or spring. The bearing may go bad but after 300k+ miles
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They last forever too in cars. I never heard Toyota ball joints failed without accidents. Only in trucks they wear out
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@speedkar99 But you are wrong this time. Toyota balljoint lasts way much longer than any aftermarket, at least 10x longer.
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@lashlarue7924 you are misinformed here. Speedkar should know how the genuine balljoint last 200k miles but aftermarket are less than 50k miles. Because modern nylon housing is way more reliable than metal to metal grinding. Moog balljoint are not good at all
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I disagree with you this time. Original Toyota with nylon base ball joint last much much longer than aftermarket, especially with metal-base. The friction on the nylon socket is much less and 99.99999999% Toyota cars (Not Truck/SUV) never need a ball joint replacement. EVen if they are not as stiff as new but they have no play/clunk unlike most aftermarket after only few thousands miles. But with double wishbonds suspension in that GS Lexus, yes they go bad. YOu can see how good the quality of the balljoint ball on the original ball joint. Very high quality heat tempered metal, very shiny and smooth, not painted (hiding how bad the metalurgy )
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