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!
#30151, "RE: Ball joint in upper control arm." In response to Reply # 0
the front upper ball joints are replaceable. they are about 30.00 each give or take. I used a press to remove mine but i guess you could pound them out.
#30157, "RE: MOOG upper ball joints" In response to Reply # 5
Chiltons says that because when they wrote it there wasn't a ball joint replacement. Now there is. You can even get adj. ones from the parts stores which are much cheaper than the SPC ones.
#30283, "RE: MOOG upper ball joints" In response to Reply # 4
Originally posted by Star Turbo Talon Even the stocker has a snap ring. Terry
Any tips on how to get that snap ring out of there? I tried putting pressure on it through the opening with a flat head screw driver and the damn thing would only go up a little a then drop back down. Just to make sure we're talking about the same snap ring it's flat right?
