I learned today that i have to replace mine soon. Is this an easy thing to do at home? I guess what i want to know is what holds the ball joint in place? is it pressed in? also i have heard stories of people adding grease fittings to the ball joint itself. anyone know anything about this?

 

havent done it myself but from what ive heard on here you might need to rent a tool to get the ball joint out and press the new one in. please correct me if im wrong.

 

anyone else?

 

Im not sure how easy it is, but i just had my upper and lower ball joints done. I believe my lower were installed wrong, or defective, so ill have to be taking that back soon. Anyways, my extended warranty covered the upper control arm/ball joints and a wheel align. The total was around $750 and I paid out of pocket for the lower which was about $380. Both my upper and lower joints are now moog and they have the grease fittings. I looked it up before all this was done, and I think you have to dissasemle the front end to replace the joints, but I could be wrong.

 

anyone else?