Are ball joints pressed in or can i change them myself? this pretty much applies to the lowers. i think for the uppers you change the control arm. what about the bushings for the control arm? do they come with the new arm or do they have to be pressed in too?

 

they are pressed in.

 

you can do it yourself

 

on my 90 accord i bought a tool 179 bucks canadian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


- it looks like a big C clamp and it has an end for a socket to connect to and a metel cylender to push the balljoint into... then some other things to put the new one it..... its amazing...




AWSUM!!!!!!!! TEEEE HEEEE HEEE

 

from what i've seen, it looks like the lowers have retaining circlips. that gives me the impression, i ican pop them out, maybe by tapping with a hammer or maybe gerry rig something with a big C clamp.

the uppers definitely look pressed in. for that, i have found a package deal which includes the compete upper arm with the *****, inner bushings, bolts, etc and the price is about the same as just buying the upper *****.

my big thing is not wanting to take stuff off, then next day disable the car so my wife can't get to work and i drive the other car to work, dropping off things to be pressed in. i want to do it on one day (weekend) and shops to press aren't open.