Got a new bumper and wheels installed yesterday!
That appears to be a CBI bumperNice set up. Who makes the front bumper ?
No noises.... but hard to say really.... the road to Oba is filled with washboards and potholes. Don't think the joint itself failed.... I think the nuts that hold it on, let go. Still have to get a look at it. I left it on the road, and called a Towtruck to bring it back to town. Over $500.00 tow bill, and sitting in a garage parking lot til Saturday Morning. I got a ride back into town, and got into my Taco to go home to see our family back home.
Nope.... OEM balljoints from Toyota of Dallas.... :/

I've been waiting for a week for another vehicle (or a passenger at least) to do this section of a local trail because it's a little steeper than it looks and fairly icy underneath and chances of getting stuck are pretty good. Well, I figure that's what I bought a winch for and no other vehicles around so I threw the dogs in the back of the rig and decided to go for it. I got stuck on the last hump so jumped out and snapped a pic. On the 3rd try it somehow found a little traction and clawed its way all the way to the top - that just made my weekend.
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That sucks man. For the sake of the rest of us:
1) Did you re-use old bolts on LBJs?
2) Did you use lock-tite, which color?
3) Did you torque them to spec?
Well now.... Just realized that this whole fiasco was my fault.It would seem as though I forgot to locktite the bolts when I took my front end apart back when I rebooted my CV axles. :/
So far, I'm in it for over $1100.00.... and the fender isn't replaced/painted yet. :/
It cost me $585.00 for the 107km tow, and I had a shop replace the balljoint, and damaged CV axle while I was in Oba this week.
I'm going to take a good look at the truck today, and see what else I need to replace to get my old girl looking like new again... but it really pains me to see it like this.
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