A arms & lower ball joints shot. Difficult to replace?

[HoganRadial2000]

Jacked up the Metro today to investigate some SEVERE torque steer happening while letting off the gas to shift to the next higher gear.

A-Arm bushings are shot, and one lower b. joint is too. Both on passenger side.

If this a difficult repair ? I'm quite mechanacally inclined, but have never dealt with struts or removing the entire Aarm.
Are these bushings replacable, to do you just buy the whole Aarm assembly ? The ball joint shouldnt be too bad to tackle . Never did a lower, only uppers on larger GM RWD products.

Thanks! I sure love this car so far.

[Crvett69]

you have to replace the control arm the bushings and the ball joint as a assembly. as long as the car isn't rusty so you don't snap the bolts its only a hour a side or less

[geojim]

I had both lower control arms replaced in my Metro within the last year by a local shop. Both required the use of a cutting torch to remove. Hopefully yours are not that rusted in place.