So I have been getting a weird clunking sound when going over large bumps, and when I accelerate, so I crawled underneath my '01 Protege LX 2.0 yesterday and found that my driver side ball joint dust boot on the lower control arm was torn. I have ordered a new control arm assembly and it should be here on Monday.
My question is, has anyone ever replaced one of these? If so, is it just a straight-forward swap, or are there things I need to be aware of going into this? It looks like there is a pinch bolt holding the b-joint into the steering knuckle, so hopefully after I remove this, some PB Blaster and a couple fo smacks to the knuckle will free it.
Thanks in advance!
My question is, has anyone ever replaced one of these? If so, is it just a straight-forward swap, or are there things I need to be aware of going into this? It looks like there is a pinch bolt holding the b-joint into the steering knuckle, so hopefully after I remove this, some PB Blaster and a couple fo smacks to the knuckle will free it.
Thanks in advance!