Right Front Control Arm Ball Joint

[barons77]

Hi im new to this forum and volvos in general. I recently bought a 2000 s80 for my girlfriend. Ive read the reviews but i got it for 1800 bucks and it only has a 130k on it. I took it to get inspected and it needs sway bar links a right front lower control arm. I was told by the mechanic that it was just the ball joint that is bad, not the actual arm, but he wanted to install a whole new one. Im doing the repairs myself and im wondering if i can just replace the ball joint itself and not the entire arm. thanks in advance for the help

[elmo_allen]

I've had some good and extremely horrible experiences with the ball joints and front end components on my 1999 S80 2.9. So far I have had to replace the ball joints 3 times on the driver side and once on the passenger side. I had a ball joint fail on my passenger side as I was turning into my driveway. I basically had to rebuild the entire front end wheel components (both sides ) on my car aside from any of the break components. (knock on wood ) I also have a messed up fender because of this as well. I would defiantly get a second opinion before making any of the repairs, and don't forget to put the cotter pin in (no fault of mine I assure you, it was the shop's fault... ) otherwise you will have to rebuild your front end like I have had to.

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