Rear upper control arm Ball Joint

[T2 MSW]

Does anyone know of a supplier for just the ball Joint.

There's nothing wrong with the rest of the arm or bush just the ball joint has gone and dont really want to replace the whole arm if I can help it.

[Scooter]

Andy Ven converts these to take a ball joint. 

 

 

[Scooter]

Just out of interest how gone is gone, just looking to know how to assess a ball joint, is it that it's sort of able to flop around under gravity/very light pressure or can you feel play if pulling on the threaded section etc?  thanks

[rider]

The floppy ball joint is usually a sign of some ball wear but I've had stiff ball joints that vibrate like hell. The only way to guarantee if a ball joint has too much wear is the use a pry bar and see/hear if it knocks as you lift and drop to rise and lower the joint pressure. Even if there is no sign of wear, a ball joint can still be no good. I've never rescued a ball joint by packing in more grease through a nipple or by injecting through the rubber boot. 

As for ball joints, Dorman manufacture a lot of different size ball joints though these days they are probably Chinese or Mexican third party produced rather than USA manufactured products. RockAuto distribute a good amount of Dorman products. Andy Ven offers a reasonably priced replacement service though.

https://www.rockauto.com/en/parts/dorman,ball+joint,10070

[T2 MSW]

Yeah you can hear it knocking when under load from a pry bar. It’s the only joint that’s got play and when taking it off the joint flops about with very light pressure.

I’ll check out Andy Ven, cheers

 

 

[Scooter]

Thanks both for confirming, just trying to assess my used arms condition and this helps to suggest they are good to very good.