Old Sep 27, 2005 | 12:03 PM
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Me too, especially since the ones I got from BMA clearly show just a press and clip fitment. Now to find a maker of the same size balljoint.

Are you replacing this yourself? If so, how do you tighten the bushings on the inboard side of the upper control arm. Does it have to have the weight of the car on the suspension? Are they supposed to swivel up and down or should there be tension on them? Lately mine is getting squirrely and it seems to bounce like a row boat (not even side to side). Since I have one old one (upward tension when you take off the knockle) and one new ish BMA (no tension but the bolts are tight), I don't know if the tension is from the bushing bolts freezing inside the bushings causing the tension, or if I'm tightening the new ones wrong because they can still swing up and down pretty freely.
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