whats wrong with my 91 tbird?

[tbird_10x26]

there is a ratteling noise coming from the right side of my 1991 thunderbird at first i thought it might be a bad strut but i took the weel off and looked at it and it looks like there is a few bad bushings and mainly the ball joint on the upper control arm i was just wondering if i could just replace the ball joint or would i have to buy a whole new control arm and how much would that cost?

[Mike75]

I'd just replace both of the complete upper control arm assemblies. there have been a couple of horror stories in these forums about them going out/breaking that I really don't think you want to happen to you. I replaced mine about 8 months ago, but with everything that I've been doing to my car this past year - I really don't remember the price. Good luck, tho.

[tbird_10x26]

thanks alot i was pretty sure thats what the problem was once i took a look at it and saw the ball joint it looked pretty bad off.

[intrcptrbird]

The upper ball joint and control arm is one piece. You have to replace the entire arm in order to replace the ball joint.

[overl0rd]

When I replaced them on my 96, they were $72 apeice.