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Is it possible to remove lower control arm with using special tool for torsion bar, need to replace a bushings and ball joint, or just order new control arm, I would think you could remove with a floor Jack to get tension off it
 
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I meant to say without the tool
 
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with a ranger that old , your rubber bushings may be toast

it is more finacially feasable to just replace the complete control arm assembly

new ball joint and new bushings
 
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lower ball joint

Bush ings look ok I have a squeak when I rock the steering wheel back and forth,and of I bounce the pass side it squeaks badly
 
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Originally Posted by cheese_man

it is more finacially feasable to just replace the complete control arm assembly
Keep dreaming. New lower control arms are $150+ each.

Bushings are like $20 something, and the lower ball joints are $40 each for Moog.

OP, you can remove the torsion bar using a c-clamp, but you have to realize that there's a very high risk for injury doing it this way. The C-Clamp can easily bend, slip, and fly off if you aren't careful. I always disconnect the sway bar links and the shock so that the control arms can droop all the way down. This usually takes a lot of tension off of the torsion bars and tends to make it easier to "unload" them.
 
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mevotech MS20402 + MS20403

each are $83.45 available at RockAuto Parts Catalog

the ball joints with the blue neoprene boots are the spicer ball joints
 
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