So apparently my upper control arm ball joint is "falling out". The steering does feel a little loose and the wheel can jiggle a little back and forth with the wheel off the ground. So i agree. They said I have to replace the entire control arm. With labor and parts.....like 800. NO WAY. I do most work myself on my car. So that is not a problem. However I was thinking of getting the Skunk 2 camber kit that replaces the upper control arm and includes an adjustable bushing/ball joint. However I already have an ingalls camber kit. My question is.....Can you replace the bushing/ball joint without replaceing the whole arm. If not, does anyone have a skunk 2 upper control arm and how is the install. Any other ideas. I mainly dont want to just get another oem arm due to price. I had the camber kit installed with bushings so I am guessing I will have to get new oem mounting bolts to go back in........Probably just resell the ingalls. It is about a year old and they are expensive new. I Plan on replacing trailing arm bushings at same time and having a full alignment done.


thanks for any input

 

I had the skunk2's and loved them. Install was simple.

 

i'm confused on what you are asking exactally. DO you mean that you have a stock upper arm with a bad ball joint, or do you mean that the one on your ingalls arm is bad? If it is the stock arm then I don't believe you can replace it without a new arm. If it is the ingalls kit i don't know. But if you decide to go with a new arm the omni is what I have on my 01. Basically the exact same as the skunk but cheaper. Install is not a problem if you have the right tools of course. For my job I needed a ball joint remover which I rented for free from AutoZone. All you have to do is pay the deposit which is refunded to you when you return the tool. Pretty Cool. Here is a pic of my front suspension with the omni upper arm. Hope this helps.

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