I was changing out my wheels because I was excited because I just picked up my Talon again (gas mileage reasons) and have not driven it in a while.

While I was down there I was doing a "random" shake check of the suspension components, you know, 205k does catch up to you after-all.

My question is, can I just replace the ball joint in the upper control arm (or A-arm?), or does it have to be the entire unit?

I was shaking it and it was BAD. The swaybar endlinks on the Trailblazer were shot when I got it, but that was 1/32-1/16" movement with effort, this was 1/16+" EASY.

Any help would be great.


On a side note, we have a dinky little sway bar. Maybe I never noticed it until now, but damn! The sway bar on the Trailblazer is about 1.5" diameter (yeah, huge), but this thing is what... 1/2 inch? Upgrade needed for me!