How much should it cost to have all 4 ball joints, upper and lower, 2 idler arms, all 4 tie rods and center link replaced?

 

Just parts or parts and labor?

 

The center link has no parts to wear out. Unless the Idler arms or tie rod ends were so loose as to elongate the holes or it is bent there is no point in replacing this part.

Sometimes the Drag link is called the center link. The drag link connects the pitman arm to the centerlink, and this can wear out, but is also very easy to replace. I did so in less than 10 minutes.

The Ball joints can take a huge amount of effort to replace. The uppers need to be unscrewed with a special, hard to acquire socket and even then there is no guarantee you can provide enough leverage to get them out. Alloro wound up pressing his out. The lowers are pressed in and out. The easiest route is to just buy new control arms that have new ball joints and bushings already installed and then get an alignment.

But the quality of these aftermarket control arms is dubious especially the mevotech and dorman brands. Mcquay Norris is better and the price reflects it.

Last summer I did replace most all these components for about $550 in parts, for the best parts I could get, including new springs.

I'd hate to pay the labor costs involved in doing this which will be significant

 

Parts and labor

 

$900 - $1,200

 

Thanks for the info