my front end has been real close to the bumb stops for quite some time now, welll the other day, i hear a weird noiswe, get home to see that the upper balljoint has pooped out of the UCA. how is this possible, i had the bitch pressed in, plus i got it to go back in pretty easily, so do i need another control arm or what, if this balljoint crown area is so loose

you probably need a new arm and balljoint since they screw into the arm, they do not press in. you can buy the appropriate socket from mancini racing or the usual verdors like snap-on or mac (but they can be a bit pricey from them.) i'm netting the threads were wiped out during installation. you COULD weld the joints into the arms if you don't go too crazy and get them really hot. some good tackwelds should do the trick if you allow time for them to cool between welds. be sure to take the boot off when doing this. it'a a one shot deal, but what do you have to lose? except control over the vehicle when things come loose again. but then you already know that.
i drove my '63 dart vert for a few hundred miles with an exhaust clamp around the bottom of the joint to keep it in place (hey, i was on the side of the road!), then a couple thousand more welded in until i swapped BBP discs on the car.

-james

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weak! i doubt there were installed wrong, i just figured they pressed them in, so i guess my arm is phuct, eh? and im not really tryin to weld it back on either, as tempting of a quick fix that sounds i dont know. so where should i look for arms? wildcat? ive also looked at those firmfeel tubular arms, but 400$? c'mon. can i even get new regulr arms?

what car? Before paying wildcat $$ if you have a 62-72style car I have some you can have for cheap (69DARTCV@COX.NET)

well its on a 72 valiant to be exact, hot damn. im in portlnd oregon, what kinda prices you speak of?
you got AIM? or somethin