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Originally Posted by pjmoreland
You will need a pickle fork to detach the tie rods and ball joints. The lower ball joint is pressed into the control arm, so it requires a press and the appropriate tools for that (either a press or a ball joint c-clamp style service kit). My local Les Schwab wanted $100 to press out my old ball joints and press in the new, so I bought a press at Harbor Freight and did it myself. I have used that press for dozens of other things since I got it. If you are replacing your control arm bushings, you will need some big wrenches. I bought a 3/4" drive socket set from Home Depot for this purpose.
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I may just end up buying the parts and taking it to a shop to get them to do it. Would that be something a brake/tire shop would do?