Track control arms

[Daveluck]

Hi,
The knock from the passenger side ball joint is getting so im going to have to replace the arm. Can change just one side or do I have to replace both?

The other arm I get no noise and I cannot detect any play in either of the ball joints.

Thanks

[David Lawrence]

Originally Posted by Daveluck

Hi,
The knock from the passenger side ball joint is getting so im going to have to replace the arm. Can change just one side or do I have to replace both?

The other arm I get no noise and I cannot detect any play in either of the ball joints.

Thanks

Not sure which arm you mean. Is it the track rod end, the inner track rod, or the lower arm ball joint you mean?

In all of these cases regardless, if it was me I would just change the part that is worn. I wouldnt do the other side. As an example i owned my car from new, and the lower ball joint on my passenger side lower arm, wore out at 50k miles, i just changed the one, and the drivers side one didnt fail until 150k miles.

[Daveluck]

Originally Posted by David Lawrence

Not sure which arm you mean. Is it the track rod end, the inner track rod, or the lower arm ball joint you mean?

In all of these cases regardless, if it was me I would just change the part that is worn. I wouldnt do the other side. As an example i owned my car from new, and the lower ball joint on my passenger side lower arm, wore out at 50k miles, i just changed the one, and the drivers side one didnt fail until 150k miles.

Thanks David, it is the lower arm aka wishbone.