I've determined that my ball joints are worn. The PO never greased any of the joints and now with 111K miles on them they are starting to show their wear.

I searched the forum and I still have a couple of questions

1) It looks like you have to take the brake line bracket off to get at the top joint. I assume that I take off the two bolts and then bend the brake line to the caliper a little to get it out of the way. Is that right or is there an easier way? I'm afraid I might break off the bracket bolts. I'm in WI where everything is rust.

2) Is there an order that I should do this in? Should I do one side and then the other or both bottoms first or doesn't it matter. I might try to split this up a little before purchasing all four and finding out I'm getting myself into trouble.

Any little hints on this would help. I saw the post about using a pitman arm puller and hammer. That sounds like a great idea. I tried the hammer alone on my last truck and couldn't get enough on it to break it loose.

Thanks in advance!

Shedman