Now that the spring is near, I'm thinking of starting few of those projects on the car that have been accumulating. One of them are the upper control arms (left and right) which have been squeeking like the devil. The left one in particular has a torn rubber boot around the ball joint, leaking grease.

I figured, I'll bite the bullet and just plan on replacing the whole assembly along with the rubber grommets, etc. hoping to eliminate those squeeks when I go over over bumps...

If one is fairly mechanically inclined, is this an easy/difficult job to do?! Looking under there it makes me think that I may need to deal with compressing the spring?! Is there a DYI on that topic? Any pointers would be appreciated.

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1987 Mercedes 300SDL; SOLD
1985 Mercedes 300D; SOLD
2006 Honda Pilot - wife's ride; 122K;
1995 Toyota Land Cruiser - 3X locked; 182K