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Polyurethane Front End Rebuild Kit - Page 4 of 12
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UPPER BALL JOINT REMOVAL

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Here is the stock upper control arm with bushings removed and stock upper ball joint still in place. You can see in this picture that the stock ball joint is riveted into the control arm.

Using a drill bit, drill out the rivet heads.
Once the rivet heads have been removed you can hit the ball joint shaft on a hard surface and the ball joint should pop out of the control arm.

When you're done, the upper control arm will look like this. Now is the time to clean up the control arm, and if you want to get crazy, you can have your arm painted, powder coated, or chromed. We'll set ours aside for now and finish taking the suspension apart.
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