upper ball joint questions
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Spectragod
Willing to meet up half way
You will have to replace the whole upper control arm, but you will need to remove the shock/spring assembly.
And really, if you are going that deep into it, I would just go ahead and replace the lower ball joint, sway bar end links and possibly the tie rod ends. All of which will have to come loose to get the shock/spring assembly out.... easily.
The job can be a little overwhelming if your not mechanically inclined.
And really, if you are going that deep into it, I would just go ahead and replace the lower ball joint, sway bar end links and possibly the tie rod ends. All of which will have to come loose to get the shock/spring assembly out.... easily.
The job can be a little overwhelming if your not mechanically inclined.
Spectragod
Willing to meet up half way
There is no idler arm, the car has rack and pinion steering. If your going to replace the shocks, you may want to consider buying the shocks with the spring assemblies on them. A spring compressor is required to remove the springs from the shocks.
You will need a press for the ball joints in the lower arms, unless you replace the whole arm assembly, which, unless it's damaged, is a lot of extra $$$ for no real benefit.
You will need a press for the ball joints in the lower arms, unless you replace the whole arm assembly, which, unless it's damaged, is a lot of extra $$$ for no real benefit.
Thanks the mechanic that looked at my car said the idler arm was also bad, He is a new guy at my local shop, I will have the lower ball joints pressed, They were a little pissy with me because Im doing the repairs myself , and all they got was their 50 bucks for the front alignment
fastblackmerc
Everything Marauder, LEDs & HI
If doing it yourself be very careful.
You need a spring compressor to get the struts apart.
You need a spring compressor to get the struts apart.
I took the car to my uncle today, He put in on the lift and showed me the parts that were bad and he got a kick out of what the other guy said about the idler arm, so I got all the new parts and im getting ready to take it apart, And Big o tire has a spring compressor and it is only 10 bucks for both to be done. Thanks guys for all your help and you saved me about 30 bucks on the idler arm.
MyBlackBeasts
T242 - Ricer ricer
If this place said you have a bad idler arm, turn around and RUN!!! WOT!!!! Also, save yourself a huge headace, if you can get replacement coil-overs, get them and don't mess with just replacing shocks. It sucks to go thru the expense and hassle of doing the shocks and then have the spring break 15,000 miles later - you get to do the whole job again! :mad2:
burt ragio
Junior Member
There is always a reason for piss poor attitude displayed. Perfect example the insecurity of not knowing what one is talking about.
See if you can get Moog susp parts ball ect.
Spectragod
Willing to meet up half way
If you need help doing the job, and have all the parts, I have a lift in my garage, we can probably knock it out in less than a day, and get an alignment done too at the local Firestone dealer.
I just did all this to a 03' Vic about a month ago.......... and then some, took about 6 hours.
Paul
New member
Yes! and the sway bar end links - I broke one when removing it, so had to take the wife's car to the FLAP to buy whatever they had in stock, regardless of price.