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Old 12-20-2019 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by DonL
I lucked out and found some cheap brand upper control arms with ball joints and bushings installed, came up to about the same as the ball joint and bushings alone.

But as you stated that you drive fairly hard on it, I would look into a little better quality ball joints and bushings....
I picked up a 2001 RWD Blazer from family mbr, needs new upper/lower ball joints, bushings and probably a lot of other stuff once I start fixing! Haven't done much work on cars but going to try to do it all myself. I am going to start w/ just upper passenger side control arm w/ ball joint and bushings as a complete kit. 190000 miles on blazer and was wondering if you could recommend where to buy and what brand? Looking to save of course but don't want to buy parts that won't fit or parts that are trash. Thanks!
 
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Old 12-21-2019 | 09:04 AM
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For myself, I went with autoshack.com, many others use rockauto.com. the work itself is not too hard, you'll be able to do it in a day.

make sure your note the direction of the chamber bolts when uninstalling. They are important for alignment afterwards. Double check tightness of bolts with proper torque, and recheck after 3 months(manufacturers fine print, and good practice)

let us know how it goes, and post some pics if your able to...
 
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