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Old 07-19-18, 02:59 PM
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Anyone got a replacement procedure for these. My driver's side one looks gone. And also the bushings on the lower control arm, so probably best to replace ball joint and control arms in one go



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You might want to read this thread.
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Looks like quite the job to replace these ball joints alright! Thanks for the link.

It seems like most get a shop to do the lower arms and ball joints. I need to find a friendly shop locally that will do this for me. Ill do the upper control arms myself, they seem more straight forward
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I've found when doing the control arms that the ball joints are usually in good shape, real good shape. The ball joints don't take a lot of abuse in these suspensions. I have a set of ball joints in my garage that I purchased new...figured I needed them, turns out I didn't.
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Originally Posted by Doublebase
I've found when doing the control arms that the ball joints are usually in good shape, real good shape. The ball joints don't take a lot of abuse in these suspensions. I have a set of ball joints in my garage that I purchased new...figured I needed them, turns out I didn't.
Passenger side pictured above doesn't look too healthy though!
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