Going to redo front suspension. Have a steering wheel shimmy starting around 65 mph. Took in for road force balancing and alignment. Mechanic said not worth doing because upper driver's side ball joint bad. I can easlily find everything except the right.lower control arm. Lots of suppliers have aftermarket lefts but no rights. Only right I can find is Jaguar OEM for $1100.
I've seen videos on how difficult it is to pop out the lower ball joint and would rather just do the entire arm.

 

Finally found on Amazon. Suspensia brand. $78. Does not ship for 2-3 weeks. If someone has a quick source tell me and I'll cancel. Mechanic said tire was starting to feather and don't want to drive.

 

Good for you for finding what you need. I recently just redid all my front suspension(new bilstein shocks, upper and lower control arm bushings, hub bearings, phobmans upper suspension mounts, all new ball joints upper and lower, new tie rod ends, and sway bar end links, sandblasted and repainted every thing) a lot of work lol!

when taking out the big bolt holding upper control arm, keep all washers and spacers in order and reinstall in the same order, they are what is used to set camber/castor/toe (I forget which) but will save you some headaches. Reinstall how they came out, and at your alignment they may need adjustment, but will save you a lot of headaches.

 

For the upper ball joints, did you do the hacksaw and press out method from the manual? if so, how much trouble?

 

A tip for folks planning to undertake this work, go to fleabay and buy used front suspension assemblies with buggered ball joints and bushings. I bought both sides for about $100 a while ago in anticipation of doing this work.

Then you can refurbish them with new ball joints and bushings without the car being off the road while you wrestle install new shiney stuff.

 

@pcolapacker, it’s been about a year and a half since I undertook the front end suspension project I did. But as a matter of fact, I do recall having to use my saws all to cut into the metal portion of some of the bushings that were seized to the control arm(don’t remember exactly which ones). I got a 20 ton press from harbor freight, and then a bearing press kit from Amazon, and when pressing out some of the bushings, the rubber portion came out leaving behind the outer metal sleeve that was seized to the control arm. I used a saws all with a fine tooth metal blade and cut through the sleeve just to the point of the control arm but not into it as best I could. Then with some penetrating oil and proper size bearing press it came right out. Not gonna lie there was a lot of work and thought involved, as well as care to not destroy anything. I sandblasted and repainted everything but I also took fine grit sandpaper and went over all the bores where bushings were to be installed, and greased them up good for reinstallation. Only big mistake I made was I bent the driver side knuckle trying to press out bearing, due to it’s awkward shape and angles and not taking the time to seat it correctly on my press, but got an eBay replacement for cheap and moved on, lesson learned. If you search my past threads you’ll see the thread about me doing this, as well as a few pics of my press setup. These control arms provide interesting angles to be placed correctly and bushings pressed out and in, but is do able. I used different pieces of heavy steel, washers, ratchet straps and even an old brake rotor modified to get it all done, as well as lots of penetrating oil and no shortage of cuss words. Point being, take your time to set everything up on a press, double check it from all angles, and if in doubt stop, and reset. If you are planning on doing it with a hammer and a vise I would advise against that, given my experience, but mine were all stock/oem components with 26+ years of age. There are also many other threads here about it I used for ideas and tips before attempting.