Can anyone tell me what are indications that they are bad or going bad?

 

If they look dried out, cracked etc. If you can move the arm side to side when the bolts are tight.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by alphalanos &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If they look dried out, cracked etc. If you can move the arm side to side when the bolts are tight.</TD></TR></TABLE>

if you need some new one just replace them. you dont need to get a whole new upper control arm.

http://www.statracing.com/oem-...39393

 

for the upper ball joints dont you have to replace the whole upper control arm???

 

if its an OEM arm then yeah u have to replace the whole arm. if you buy aftermarket then the ball joint has a c clip on it and u can just replace the ball joint and not the whole arm.

 

i was told that you could change the upper ball joint on a stock control arm from auto zone, and mechanic say i need the whole arm and ball joints, is this correct? need to know buy today so i can buy the right stuff.