Lude Generation

Hi guys,

Quick question.

Is the only way to replace a front upper ball joint is to replace the entire control arm?

I think you can get it pressed out, but it's finding a replacement ball joint

They're on ebay man, give me a sec. Think I have some in a watch list.

[edit] 5G ones: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-PRELUDE ... 213wt_1114

The only place I've found the ball joint alone is on eBay everywhere else seems to sell it complete with the control arm.

Rocky - yep, I just replaced the whole arm last time because it was needed for the MOT. Flipping expensive though!

indigolemon wrote:Rocky - yep, I just replaced the whole arm last time because it was needed for the MOT. Flipping expensive though!

Same issue here. Ball joint around £15 and the control arm is £100 and that's after £160 for petrol tank refurb, £170 for tyres (should have been £140 but Blackcircles ballsed up) and £155 for new spring, tracking, headlight bulb and retest (should have been £122 but the TESTER BROK HIS LEG SO HAD TO TAKE IT ELSE WHERE AND BE CHARGED FOR A FULL TEST INSTEAD OF A PARTIAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )

Rocky wrote:Same issue here. Ball joint around £15 and the control arm is £100 and that's after £160 for petrol tank refurb, £170 for tyres (should have been £140 but Blackcircles ballsed up) and £155 for new spring, tracking, headlight bulb and retest (should have been £122 but the TESTER BROK HIS LEG SO HAD TO TAKE IT ELSE WHERE AND BE CHARGED FOR A FULL TEST INSTEAD OF A PARTIAL!

Bet you wish you'd bought an RX8

would have been cheaper to by a spare lude if i had the space i would by a second just for parts

Just replaced the upper arm on my daily. Only the ball joint was shot, but long story short I didn't think you could get the ball joint on it's own so ordered a complete upper arm from Motorfactors (£76.12 I think it was). Turned out I could have got just the ball joint from PAW, but that would have been a whole different story when it came to fitting. That would have required removal of the old joint from the arm and installation of the new joint, so the need of a press. But simply replacing the whole arm was a 10 minute job... Including jacking up the car and removal of the wheel

Replacing the arm is a LOT easier, as Nafe said, but yeah quite a bit more expensive. I just looked in to getting 4 new arms and having them all polybushed first, but at £75 each for the fronts and £85 for the backs I decided not to