Zac_Leonard
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- 1999
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- Ford
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I have a 99 ranger xlt with 114000 miles on it. I ran off the road and hit a tree stump over the winter and snapped my tie rod end clean from the steering knuckle. I replaced both parts and went in to have a shop allign the truck and they said that the lower ball joints were bad. So i spent a pretty penny and had em press new ones that week. Got it back after they aligned it and it still pulls to the right so i took it back and they said that the lower control arm was bent. So im going to buy and replace the lower control arm myself because i just had them press a new ball joint on that side for no reason(seeing as to how lower control arms come with pressed ball joints). So im a little pissed at the shop for wasting my time and money but my question is, if im going to replace the lower control arm what else should i look to replace while im in there and what brand of control arm do you recommend. Im going to replace both sides and i am thinking about replacing the torsion keys, depending on how bad they are worn. Let me know what you guys think and sorry about the book lol.