Looking to replace upper and lower ball joints in my truck, but after checking Rock auto and Napa online both only show options for upper that say "will not fit OE control arm". Do I have to buy a whole new upper arm?

 

Yes, you need the entire upper control arm. The OEM upper has a non-replaceable ball joint. No idea why.
Kind of a pain, but you end up with new upper bushings as well.

 

Do yourself a favor and buy MOOG for at least the bottom joint... MOOG are not that much more for the complete top either.

 

Replace the upper and put a new ball joint in lower. I to recommend Moog.

 

I read somewhere that ipper joint couldn't be changed. Noticex when i did put my new control arms on tgat the ball can be changed.
definitely put some new shocks on while you have them out to change arms

 

[QUOTE=sam hain;16815611]Looking to replace upper and lower ball joints in my truck, but after checking Rock auto and Napa online both only show options for upper that say "will not fit OE control arm". Do I have to buy a whole new upper arm?[/QUO

 

yes Sir you will. And that's how I found out why there is I price increase in the upper and lower ball joints because I just went through that.
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Search around, you can get a ball joint kit with two arms and a set of lower ball joints cheap on Ebay.
Moog is decent, but I also use the cheap China parts with good luck too

 

Thank you Sir for answering my call. I hope you had a good day.