how do i fix the upper ball joints

[twack]

so im pretty sure my upper ball joint is going bad on the drivers side becassue its starting to clunk. What is the best way to do this and possibly the cheapest and fastest. I know the end all is jeepnbyal control arms but im not sure i want to drop that cash yet. what do you think the dealer would charge just to do the one? i need to replace the whole control arm right? Is that hard? sorry for the bunch of questions.

 

[tommudd]

there is a guy over on LOST who has a set for sale only have 11,000 miles on them I think be the cheapest and unless you are lifted Als will not fit Dealer would be way expensive

 

[twack]

i am lifted, only a daystar kit, so als will work for me but thats a nasty price tag, and if i go stock i have that control arm so close to touching. which im cool with as long as its cheap

 

[Powerslave]

Check the upper control arm bushings too, they can cause the same noise. You replace the upper control arm, be it ball joint or bushings. You almost have to replace the upper with ball joints, unless you can get them out, and press new ones in. If you are going to do that, you may as well get ones that allow for camber adjusting.

 

[tjkj2002]

Check the upper control arm bushings too, they can cause the same noise. You replace the upper control arm, be it ball joint or bushings. You almost have to replace the upper with ball joints, unless you can get them out, and press new ones in. If you are going to do that, you may as well get ones that allow for camber adjusting.

The KJ's UBJ's are not replaceable,you must replace the whole UCA to replace the UBJ,it can not be pressed in or out.

 

[Powerslave]

That's what I thought, but people always are on the wire to let you know how wrong you are, so I just said "Unless", just in case...

 

[twack]

so whats the consensis? should i go stock uca or do i have to go with als uca. the other side sounds fine

 

[Powerslave]

so whats the consensis? should i go stock uca or do i have to go with als uca. the other side sounds fine

There are nice Upper Control arms on Ebay, cheaper than dealer.

 

[phxtoad]

Bite the bullet, spend the $ and do it right with Al's arms. Otherwise next year you'll be replacing the stock ones again... I went through 2.5 sets of stock arms before finally getting Al's.

Todd
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