I have a bit of a clunk in my front end I'm pretty sure it's going to be my ball joint. (going to confirm with the test this weekend)
Been looking at the amount of labor involved in pressing out the ball joint and pressing in the new one. And considering the age of my car (2005) I'll probably be needing wheel bearings in the near future as well. So my question is what is the most effective way to go about doing all the maintenance. Wheel bearings and ball joints basically. should I buy a whole new knuckle ? although I haven't been able to find a decent price on those. I was thinking maybe find a used knuckle in a junk yard and press in the new ball joint and put new wheel bearings then swap it out. Although I don't know if that is really cost effective, I'm also trying not to have the car out of service for more than day.

 

Reuse the knuckle. Buy the energy suspension bushing kit and swap EVERYTHING over that's failed rubber. It takes some time, but ya worth it.

 

Remove the knuckle and take it to any shop to press in the new one if you're not comfortable doing it

 

But, if you get that far into it you should be able to diy