I have a damaged boot/ball joint on a front upper control arm. It appears that the entire suspension needs to be disassembled to remove it - the upper comes off last. Is that the correct order or can it be removed directly? Thanks for sharing your experience!
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Front upper control arm
- Thread starter jurgennsx
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While I only had Steve Ghent replace ball joints on the rear, I believe that the front uprights have to be removed completely so the old ball joints can be pressed out and his new ones installed.
I would probably wait and do them all (both sides) at once, when you can handle a bit of NSX down time.
Hope that helps (front pair in the upper part of photo);
<a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/NoqImSKVtHIsytcPgarGhzbyA_2VUxXf3QgO-KOYIRE?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GKpcuYaGmFM/U9pFCKrBXvI/AAAAAAAAAKI/prBCdXISzZA/s800/Ghent%2520Ball%2520Joints.JPG" height="600" width="800" /></a>
Brian
While I only had Steve Ghent replace ball joints on the rear, I believe that the front uprights have to be removed completely so the old ball joints can be pressed out and his new ones installed.
I would probably wait and do them all (both sides) at once, when you can handle a bit of NSX down time.
Hope that helps (front pair in the upper part of photo);
<a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/NoqImSKVtHIsytcPgarGhzbyA_2VUxXf3QgO-KOYIRE?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GKpcuYaGmFM/U9pFCKrBXvI/AAAAAAAAAKI/prBCdXISzZA/s800/Ghent%2520Ball%2520Joints.JPG" height="600" width="800" /></a>
Brian
