[myoung]

This is a bit off topic, but I changed of my axles last weeks and I used a pickle fork to loosen the lower ball joint. Sure enough I tore the seal on the ball joint.
Is it true that you have to replace the entire control arm to replace the ball joint? I would imagine it is since I think you need a special tool to remove/put the ball joints in.
If I do need to replace the entire control arm, does anyone know how much this costs?

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