Changing a bad upper ball joint and not the whole assembly?

[illinois_erik]

Why did he advise against the anchor type? Harder to adjust accurately?

Hey, yeah he said there wasnt near as much adjustment with the anchors and they dont change the axis as correctly as the ball joint. For the rear he suggested the upper turn buckle type, but they have shim kits which is just snazzier Y shaped plates instead of washers (which Ill probably go with)

[Granite CB7]

so along with a press fitment theres no circlip on bottom side? Thanks

N/P, at least w/ the SPC kit, no circlip at all. The base plate is pressed in from the bottom, then the other components are bolted in @ the top kind of sandwiching the arm when the top nut is tightened down. Never had any issues w/ any of my SPC kits over the years, I'm on my 2nd set. My 1st set lasted roughly 80-90K miles when the b/j wore out. Not bad IMO.

[illinois_erik]

N/P, at least w/ the SPC kit, no circlip at all. The base plate is pressed in from the bottom, then the other components are bolted in @ the top kind of sandwiching the arm when the top nut is tightened down. Never had any issues w/ any of my SPC kits over the years, I'm on my 2nd set. My 1st set lasted roughly 80-90K miles when the b/j wore out. Not bad IMO.

cool man thanks for the reply, this is most likely what Im going to do. Sounds like a well engineered piece of hardware *actually* worthy of the price. ka-chow!

[cb9captainjugo]

yes and no.. if its an OEM control arm, possibly as theyre a bit stouter than the repunches. be aware though honda suggests replacing the whole arm as the hole can wallow out and you know what comes next.. I got a new driver UCA from car quest for 79 bucks to replace the 8 month old 25 dollar ebay one I heard clunking..good thing too.. so I wouldnt play around with these items

wow the balljoint in this pic is done .....