Ball Joints - Difficulty?

[TexasRho83]

Pretty sure I need to do the driver's side ball joint on my truck. ONLY 70k miles though...talk about crappy. Is the hardest part getting the old one out?

 

[O'Rattlecan]

Pretty sure I need to do the driver's side ball joint on my truck. ONLY 70k miles though...talk about crappy. Is the hardest part getting the old one out?

I had never done it before so the hardest part was understanding what was going on. The unit that connects the upper control arm and lower arm was pretty hard to remove and required a BFH. The ball joint press made the removal of the actual ball joint fairly simple.

What is the huge unit that connects the control arms called? Like a hub mount or something?

Ryan

 

[blacksnapon]

I had never done it before so the hardest part was understanding what was going on. The unit that connects the upper control arm and lower arm was pretty hard to remove and required a BFH. The ball joint press made the removal of the actual ball joint fairly simple.

What is the huge unit that connects the control arms called? Like a hub mount or something?

Ryan

A knuckle!

 

[O'Rattlecan]

Thanks!

Getting the knuckle off was the toughest part!

Ryan

 

[mustangtoby]

Just out of curiosity, anyone know off hand what the uppers cost (including the new a-arm. I know it's one piece). Since I installed my levelling kit I've been hearing horror stories about ball joints not lasting, so knowing how I abuse things I'm gonna be due before long...

 

[O'Rattlecan]

They were quoting me 2 prices on each upper arm (as if they were different? Not sure, they may be.)

One was 3 digits ($115?) and the other was around $55

Ryan