my lower control arm ball joints are shot to hell and i need some new ones

i was told by 2 different mechanics that you have to replace the whole lower control arm... thats wack

ill do all the work myself, but can you just get a lower control arm ball joint.. and from were? i have a 99 frontier 4x4 v6

It's easiest to replace the entire lower control arm on the newer frontys. You can just buy the ball joint and have fun removing and and installing it. There pressed on. www.partsamerica.com has them. search for lower control arm.

I have done this and its not to terribly difficult just time consuming.

You have to remove the lower control arm, and there is a nut holding the pressed balljoing in, you need to remove the nut and then press the balljoint out.

the tricky part is getting the nut back on once you have pressed the ball joint back in as the balljoint will simply spin while you attempt to tighten the nut.

It is doable, and if you know how to remove the control arm then its relativley straight forward.

parts america didnt seem to have lower control arms, just the ball joint by itself... how do you press them in, a special tool?

im pretty mechanically inclined but ball joints is were i stop

Napa has the balljoints:

Clicky

or NAPA part number NCP2601596

And the cheapest deal on Lower arms is from ABC nissan. (See the banner up on top of this page)

Any type of bearing press can be used, I use the small cheapie one they have at harbor freight. When you are pressing the balljoint out you are basically applying direct pressure to the balljoint and popping it out of the arm, thats pretty much what pressed in means.

Moog lower ball joint v6 4X4 fronty
http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductDetail.aspx?MfrCode=...&PartType=66&PTSet=A

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/x,carcode,1356779,parttype,10070,partGroup,27

Revans is right, dealer is the only place who have LCA's with ball joints for your truck. must be another year where you can but after market LCA's with ball joints.