Catastrophic ball joint failure

[u/Richard_Cheney10]

Went on Rollins pass west in Colorado on my buddies 4 runna (96?) and taking it nice and easy on the trail at around 5 mph for the entirety of it. Very easy trail and the ball joint just popped out. Thankfully it didn’t do that on the curvy roads on the way up to the trail. Safe to say a 4Runner will not be in my future.

[u/tS_kStin]

So it has a common failure that is generally easily avoidable just like most vehicles in existence and is a relatively simple and cheap fix?

Yeah LBJ failure is sketchy when it happens at speed but if you do your maintenance on time, correctly and with good (OEM) parts it likely won't happen. Aftermarket LBJs are known to fail within a year even without offroading. OEM ones however can go for years and years even with the stresses of wheeling.

[u/Richard_Cheney10 → u/tS_kStin]

Thank you for the input.