How to replace Ball Joints?

[black98V6]

maybe this will help the tie rod is not shown on this pic it will connect to the long black thing, referred to as the steering knuckle. There are other names for it. On some vehicles it is also called the spindle assembly. Since there is no spindle here i called it the steering knuckle. Yes to separate the tie rod end from the knuckle a pickle fork (tie rod end tool) makes life much easier. The ball joint connects the steering knuckle to the upper and lower A-arms and gives the assembly more range of motion

I apologize for the look, as you can tell I'm not much when it comes to photoshop..

[ January 23, 2002: Message edited by: black98V6 ]</p>

[Magnus]

Awesome! Thanks a ton for the help once again Brad.

I had a feeling those were the ball joints.

So where are the upper/lower control arms? Are those the A-Arms?

[black98V6]

yeppers.. the big red arms are referred to as a- arms or control arms.. same thing..

[DominusEtDeusNatus]

So the dealer is the only place to get quality ball joints? How much at the dealer? I just need upper ones for now. I'll check the parts store also. Does it really matter if I get it from the dealer or parts store? I'm not aware of quality differences so I'm just wondering.

[black98V6]

ehh just go to napa and get em.. I'm sure if you do some looking you might find some "high performance" ball joints but I am a little skeptic about something like that..

[DominusEtDeusNatus]

As long as they work I don't care. I was just making sure there is no crappy ones out there.