Upper control arm ball joint

[Hound]

Does anyone know if the upper control arm ball joint is available as a single item or do I have to buy the entire upper control arm? I couldn't find any info on the ball joint from gmparstdirect and the service manual only shows complete upper control arm replacement so I suspect that the ball joint is not replaceable.

Thanks

[hoot]

You gotta get the whole thing,

[Hound]

Thanks Hoot. I thought that would be the case but figured I should ask before buying the entire assembly. smile.gif

[Lone Eagle]

Try the major auto parts folks first. How did you manage to wear an upper out? They don't usually wear out. Later! Lone Eagle ;)

[Hound]

Well, it wasn't wear at all... the boot got damaged and now it will NOT hold grease so I suspect it'll wear out in short order. I should have taken it in as I noticed it was leaking grease out of what appeared to be a small hole when I bought it but time wasn't available. I greased it on Mon and by Fri it was needing it again. :rolleyes:

[Lone Eagle]

Bummer! It might be cheaper to buy any kind of upper joint to steal the boot. I bet GM knows what they want for the complete "a" arm. Later! Lone Eagle

[Burner]

I let some "Ya-Hoo's" change the oil and grease my truck. Now I have a "busted" boot on my upper right PS. :mad: I wonder if GM will give me a new part at 16K miles?


Burner------> :D

[Hound]

I suppose that depends mostly on the dealer Burner, but I would say they should considering they did it and you're at 16K. I noticed mine when the truck was new, but I didn't take it in. I'm a bit past the warranty at this time. In any case the upper control arm assembly appears to go for about 100.00 which isn't as bad as it could be.

[Lone Eagle]

I guess you know if you change the arm, the front end alignment will need to be checked. Later! Lone Eagle

[Hound]

Yep, I'm hoping that if I measure everything carefully enough, castor and camber, before the changeout that I'll be close enough for business as long as I can duplicate the measurements as part of the install.

[77TransAm]

We bought some universal grease boots from NAPA to solve this problem on our trucks - it's much cheaper and easier than changing the whole control arm and seems to work just as well.