June 13, 2015: Replacing the lower control arms on the Cirrus . . .
I began hearing a bad ball joint squeak earlier in the year and replaced the lower control arms today . . .
Read MoreI had started to hear a squeaking noise coming from the front suspension over the winter months when the temperatures are colder. It was pretty bad at one point, but subsided with the arrival of warmer weather in the spring. I am familiar with this squeak and realized that the inevitable was approaching. Time to break out the jack stands and get to work . . .
While it may give the impression of "expensive," new lower control arms were surprisingly cheap - less than $60 each. But even if the ball joint was available separately, the labor cost of removing the old ball joint and pressing the new one in its place would exceed the price of the new control arm. Buying the whole assembly is definitely the way to go.