Upper front ball joint replacement on 91 Testarossa

I've been noticing lately when I drive over speed bumps, when I come down on the other side, I hear a clunk coming from the left front.
Last night I pulled the front wheel....pulled up and down on the wheel beforehand to make sure it wasn't the bearings...all tight.

I noticed that the rubber boot on the upper ball joint was torn and there wasn't any grease inside.

I looked on Ebay and have found them to be around $88.00 each. ( I'll do both )

It looks to be a straightforward job of just unbolting the old ball joint and replacing it. Anything I should know before I get in there? It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the coilover so I'm assuming I don't need to compress the spring or anything like that.

Any insight would be helpful.


Shamile

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Oh, it's not that lol. That's why I'm doing both upper ones even though there's nothing wrong with the driver side.
I haven't done this job before so I want to ease into it.

I do have the separation tool..same one I used to remove the tie rods from the steering knuckle.

Is there any problem with the shocks? It doesn't look like it...but thought I would ask.

Shamile

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Hahha.....Joe got jokes today lol

Seriously though, any issues with the shock. I don't want to unbolt something and it goes boink!

Shamile

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Now, that's a good idea!

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