Upper control arm prices

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djkaosone

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Do you have a ball joint separator that you'd recommend? I bought the harbor freight one but it was too small, ended up doing my tie rods with a pickle fork which absolutely destroyed the old joint's boots. Plus I don't really care for the impacts on the knuckle, so would prefer to use a separator next time.
I've done my own upper ball joints and used this one from Amazon. You can rent them from Autozone or any parts stores nowadays, but I wanted my own set.
 

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This video makes it look not too hard. I bought the parts a few weeks ago after I watched it.


Of course, motivating myself to actually do the job is something else, as I don't really think I need it done right now.
Nice find on the video. That's exactly where I was at... It's impossible for a regular joe like myself without the proper tools to torque it down. Is there a proper tool to torque it down in the weirdest position?
 

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Yeah. I guess you have to trust your feelings and use the force.
 

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I've done my own upper ball joints and used this one from Amazon. You can rent them from Autozone or any parts stores nowadays, but I wanted my own set.
Before you can use that one, don't you have to get the ball joint shaft separated from whatever it's booked to? Do you have a tool for that?
 

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Before you can use that one, don't you have to get the ball joint shaft separated from whatever it's booked to? Do you have a tool for that?
You're right, I've always used a pitman arm puller. Sometimes there's enough tension (not by choice) that you can just tap the top of the knuckle with a medium purse (5 lbs sledge hammer), and it'll pop right off.
 

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From the manual for the 2016.
I have had good luck on specialty tools by just Googling the part numbers, not sure about these - I leave that to you - good luck.
The instructions are more cryptic than usual, so I assume it's self explanatory once you have the tools in hand.
From the one drawing, it looks like a bearing press kind of operation - might be able to just use standard bearing press rings.

I used a pickle fork for the lower control arm - worked great.

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