perry in the chance that you did damaged the boot on the lower ball joint, which IMHO is not something that would happen if you were being careful. And FWIW you CAN get just the lower ball joint from Ford, you don't have to buy a whole A-arm as you described. I am sorry to say that they ripped you off when you could have just bought the ball joint replacement kit. The replacement of the damaged one requires drilling out of the rivets and then the replacement ball joint is fastened in with bolts instead of rivets. This is how Ford sells the repair kit.
The last car I did was a 98.5 SVT and the ball joint came out EASY, even though it was the rustiest and dirtiest SVT I have done. IF you use lots of WD-40 is really loosens up any rust or dirt and makes life a wole lot simpler.
Regards, Anastazi Father of the Aussie Bar anastazi.sarigiannis@aam.com"Computer games don't affect kids. I mean if Pacman affected us as kids, we'd all run around in a darkened room, munching pills and listening to repetitive music." ----------------------------------- 2000 Silver Frost SVT #1126 of 2150 8" AFE/"Big-Mouth" Intake, Modified BAT Pipe, IAT Mod - A'PEXi S-AFC, Superchip, No Secondaries, Cobra/CSVT Hybrid MAF, Magnaflow True Duals, MYSTERY Mod, Autolite AWSF22FS's and FMS Wires, ES MM Inserts, Cross Drilled/Slotted Rotors w/ Greenstuffs, APR DTM Spoiler, Escort Cossie Vents, NACA Duct, Mirko Splitter, Koni's & H&R Springs, 24mm "Aussie" Sway Bar, 18" Enkei RS-5, 225/40R18 KDW-2's. Pioneer DEH-P7000R, TS-6975's, TS-6855's, MTX BE104, MTX Blue Thunder PRO502 http://www.geocities.com/qikslvrsvt
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