I know i've been asking a ton on this topic, but i'm still a little iffy on it. I plan on doing it myself, as that is the only way i can afford to do it. I will be replacing tie rod assemblies, left and right, drag link(center tie rod) ball joints, control arm bushings, idle arm bushings, and maybe the steering dampner. I know i need to rent the spring compress tool to do that, will one from say napa work ok? After i have the control arms out I can take them to a mechanic and have the ball joints pressed in for me for relativly cheap correct? If i do it that way, the only tool i should have to rent is the spring compress tool right? I figure on this taking a couple weeks of my time, i figure i'll probably get so frusterated at it i'll have to stop for a couple days and go back to it. I'll be ordering the parts in the next week( i hope), and want to rent the tool whenever i KNOW i'll be doing the work. Does anyone know how much it costs to rent a spring compressor? how hard is it to get the control arms off, do i have to diss-assemble the entire brake system?(rotors, calipers, bearings, etc). My impression is that the control arm is what everything attaches to, is this correct? i have a cd-rom manual i will be using. Oh yea, what is the ball-joint looking thing that you can see just on top of the wheel(but behind it obviously), it is leaking grease so i figure i might as well replace that one too. Thanks
Ryan

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