Kit Includes: (1) Front Passenger Side Upper Control Arm with Ball Joint (1) Front Driver Side Upper Control Arm with Ball Joint
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How to Replace Upper Control Arm 2000-06 Chevy Suburban 1500
How to Replace Front Upper Control Arm 2000-06 GMC Yukon
How to Replace Front Upper Control Arm 2000-06 GMC Yukon
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Tools used
10mm Socket
18mm Wrench
21mm Socket
21mm wrench
22mm Socket
Grease Gun
Hammer
Jack Stands
Marker / Writing Utensil
Ratchet
Torque Wrench
1. Removing the Wheel
Loosen the 22mm caps on the hubcap with the vehicle on the ground
Pull the hubcap free
Raise the vehicle with a floor jack
Secure the vehicle on jack stands
Remove the lug nuts
Pull off the wheel
2. Removing the Upper Control Arm
Mark the tab on the adjustment piece with a marker to mark the alignment
Remove the two 10mm bolts holding the brake line and move the brackets
Remove the ball joint nut with an 18mm wrench
Hit the wheel knuckle and control arm to break them free
Remove the 21mm nuts from the upper control arm bracket
Jack up the wheel underneath the wheel knuckle
Remove the upper control arm nut
Remove the bolts and upper control arm bracket
Place a nut back on and use an air hammer to knock the bolt out if it won't budge
Move the control arm up and down while pulling out
3. Installing the Upper Control Arm
Put the upper control arm into place and push the 21mm bolts in to hold it
Put the brackets on either side and realign them up
Angle the control arm down into the wheel knuckle
Replace the 18mm ball joint nut
Replace the 21mm nuts from the upper control arm bracket
Replace and tighten the two 10mm bolts
Put a grease gun into place on the end of the control arm and fill it up
4. Reattaching the Wheel
Slide the wheel into place
Start the lug nuts by hand
Tighten the lug nuts preliminarily
Lower the vehicle to the ground
Tighten the lug nuts to 100 ft/lbs in a crossing or star pattern
Reattach the hubcap and tighten the caps
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Hi, I'm Mike from 1A Auto. I hope this how-to video helps you out, and next time you need parts for your vehicle, think of 1AAuto.com. Thanks.
In this video, we're going to show you how to replace an upper control arm on this 2002 Chevy Suburban. We show you on the passenger side, but the driver side has the same procedure. The items you'll need are a new upper control arm from 1AAuto.com, a 10mm, 21mm, and 22mm socket and ratchet, 18mm and 21mm wrench, a marker, a torque wrench, jack and jack stands, a grease gun, a hammer, and an air hammer depending on the condition of your vehicle. After completing this procedure you will need to get a professional alignment done.
Start out by removing the hubcap. You want to remove the lug nuts. If you don't have air powered tools, you'll want to do it while the vehicle is on the ground. Loosen them preliminarily, raise the vehicle, and remove the lug nuts the rest of the way. On these brackets, you'll see a tab coming through from the upper control arm. Mark where that tab is. Remove these two 10mm bolts. Next, remove this 18mm nut, and you can see Mike uses an 18mm wrench and another wrench for some extra leverage to break it free and then removes it the rest of the way with the 18mm wrench. Hit the wheel knuckle and control arm to break them free. Then remove the 21mm nuts on either side.
Jack up your wheel, and you want to do this underneath the wheel knuckle. Remove the upper control arm nut and then remove these bolts and the bracket that's on them. Our first one pulled out no problem, this one's a bit more difficult. We tried using a hammer, that doesn't work. We tried using a wrench to help break it free, but it's in there really good. If you have this same problem, we put a nut back on it and use an air hammer to knock it out. Now that those bolts are out, you want to remove the control arm up and down while pulling out and it'll pull free.
Take your new upper control arm and push it back into place. Then push the bolts in to hold it into place. You want to make sure that you have those brackets on either side and that they're lined up. Now, angle the control arm down into the wheel knuckle. Once it's pressed down into place replace that 18mm nut. We'll fast forward as Mike tightens all of those up. Replace and tighten up those two 10mm bolts. Using a grease gun put it into place on the end of your control arm and fill it up. Put the wheel back into place and then replace each wheel lug nut and tighten them up. You want to tighten them preliminarily, lower the vehicle, and then tighten them the rest of the way. Torque each lug nut in a crossing pattern to 100 foot-pounds. Replace the hubcap and tighten up those lug nut caps.
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Tools used
13mm Socket
Torque Wrench
Hammer
Rust Penetrant
18mm Wrench
Pry Bar
Trim Tool Set
Pocket Screwdriver
21mm Socket
Pickle Fork
21mm wrench
Rubber Mallet
Flat Blade Screwdriver
10mm Socket
22mm Socket
Take the center cap off. Use a straight-blade screwdriver. Use a 22-millimeter socket. Take the lug nuts off. Pull the wheel off. These bolts are pretty rusty so I'm just going to use some rust penetrant and soak those before I start. Before we take this nut off, we just want to mark this cam right here. This is for the alignment. When you go to put this back together, you want to put this in the same location so at least it's close. You're still going to need to get an alignment done afterwards, but this will get it a little bit closer. I want to get this ABS wire out of the way, our wheel speed sensor wire. Disconnect the connector up here. Just push up on that tab, slide it out and use a trim tool. Just pull up on that retainer. You can do the same over here, and right here. Sometimes these ones break, just be careful. All right. So this piece is going to break so I'm just going to disconnect it right from the arm itself. And disconnect this right here. Sometimes you can use a screwdriver and just pop that out, or a needle-nose pliers also works. You just squeeze those together. I'm just going to put some rust penetrant on this bolt right here. Let that soak a little bit. We want to take that off next. Just remove this bracket. Use a 10-millimeter socket. Remove this bolt. It's probably going to break. Yup, it broke. Well, hopefully yours doesn't break. And slide that off.
All right. Now, we're going to take this nut off using an 18-millimeter wrench. Now I'm going to leave this nut on just a couple of threads, and then we're going to break this upper ball joint free from the knuckle. I'm going to use a pickle fork to break this free. Just slide it in, in between the ball joint and the knuckle and just give it a hit. There we go. Take the pickle fork out and just push down the upper control arm a little bit. You might need a pry bar. And take the nut off and you could slide it out. And just make sure that there's not too much tension on the brake line, brake hose. I'm going to take a 21-millimeter wrench, 21-millimeter socket. Now this is old and rusty so I just had to heat up that nut to break it loose. Normally you wouldn't have to do that. And loosen it up. That nut's pretty hot right now so I'm just going to let that cool down before I take that off. Take that nut off and see if you can pry this cam off. This is just the alignment cam. Just use a pry bar and a hammer. And just pry that off. All right. This cam bolt is stuck in there pretty good so I'm just going to use some more rust penetrant, soak it down for a while.
Here we go. All right. Get that out and do the same for the other side. All right. I'm just going to take this bracket out of the way. Just use a 13-millimeter socket and you can just slide it out of the way. Don't bend it too much. Here we go. And just use a pry bar and you can pry the arm out. And take the new control arm and just line it up. You can take a rubber mallet, or a dead-blow hammer to tap it in if you need to. And get the bolt started. And take this cam and the nut. Get the nut started. Now we tighten this up. Now we want to align that mark up. What you do is take your 21-millimeter wrench and just move the bolt on this side until that lines up. And you can snug that down. And we'll do the same for the other side. All right. Now, we're going to torque this nut to 140-foot-pounds. Do the same on the front one. Take this brake hose bracket and install that. Put the bolt back in and tighten that up. Get the nut off. Put that aside. Get this lined up with the upper knuckle. And I'll use a pry bar, just pry this down. Take the nut and get the nut started.
Now, I'm going to use a 19-millimeter ratchet wrench, while I'm using the pry bar to pry it down on the ball joint. Tighten this up. All right. Now, if you have the ability, just torque this with a torque wrench, you can torque this to 37-foot-pounds. Do the best you can. And if the stud starts spinning, you can use an allen key, that's a six-millimeter hex key. But if you use the pry bar and you just pry it down, you should be able to get that without having the stud spinning. Take this brake hose bracket and line that up. Put the nut on or the bolt in and snug it up. And take the wheel speed sensor wire and reconnect that. And then we have this holder or clip. Install that. Lock that in place. Reinstall this clip and connect the connector. And push the retainer. I'm just going to find the hole where it goes. There it is. And lock that in position. And take this fitting. Install that. Snug it up with a seven-millimeter wrench.
And take a grease gun and give it a couple pumps of grease. What you can do is look at the boot as you're greasing it, once you see the boot start to move, that's good enough. And put the wheel back up. Put the lug nuts on. Now I'm going to torque these lug nuts to 140-foot-pounds in any star pattern to tighten the wheel down evenly. And just go around again, double check. Install the center cap.
Tools used
13mm Socket
Torque Wrench
Hammer
Rust Penetrant
18mm Wrench
Pry Bar
Trim Tool Set
Pocket Screwdriver
21mm Socket
Pickle Fork
21mm wrench
Rubber Mallet
Flat Blade Screwdriver
10mm Socket
22mm Socket
Take the center cap off. Use a straight-blade screwdriver. Use a 22-millimeter socket. Take the lug nuts off. Pull the wheel off. These bolts are pretty rusty so I'm just going to use some rust penetrant and soak those before I start. Before we take this nut off, we just want to mark this cam right here. This is for the alignment. When you go to put this back together, you want to put this in the same location so at least it's close. You're still going to need to get an alignment done afterwards, but this will get it a little bit closer. I want to get this ABS wire out of the way, our wheel speed sensor wire. Disconnect the connector up here. Just push up on that tab, slide it out and use a trim tool. Just pull up on that retainer. You can do the same over here, and right here. Sometimes these ones break, just be careful. All right. So this piece is going to break so I'm just going to disconnect it right from the arm itself. And disconnect this right here. Sometimes you can use a screwdriver and just pop that out, or a needle-nose pliers also works. You just squeeze those together. I'm just going to put some rust penetrant on this bolt right here. Let that soak a little bit. We want to take that off next. Just remove this bracket. Use a 10-millimeter socket. Remove this bolt. It's probably going to break. Yup, it broke. Well, hopefully yours doesn't break. And slide that off.
All right. Now, we're going to take this nut off using an 18-millimeter wrench. Now I'm going to leave this nut on just a couple of threads, and then we're going to break this upper ball joint free from the knuckle. I'm going to use a pickle fork to break this free. Just slide it in, in between the ball joint and the knuckle and just give it a hit. There we go. Take the pickle fork out and just push down the upper control arm a little bit. You might need a pry bar. And take the nut off and you could slide it out. And just make sure that there's not too much tension on the brake line, brake hose. I'm going to take a 21-millimeter wrench, 21-millimeter socket. Now this is old and rusty so I just had to heat up that nut to break it loose. Normally you wouldn't have to do that. And loosen it up. That nut's pretty hot right now so I'm just going to let that cool down before I take that off. Take that nut off and see if you can pry this cam off. This is just the alignment cam. Just use a pry bar and a hammer. And just pry that off. All right. This cam bolt is stuck in there pretty good so I'm just going to use some more rust penetrant, soak it down for a while.
Here we go. All right. Get that out and do the same for the other side. All right. I'm just going to take this bracket out of the way. Just use a 13-millimeter socket and you can just slide it out of the way. Don't bend it too much. Here we go. And just use a pry bar and you can pry the arm out. And take the new control arm and just line it up. You can take a rubber mallet, or a dead-blow hammer to tap it in if you need to. And get the bolt started. And take this cam and the nut. Get the nut started. Now we tighten this up. Now we want to align that mark up. What you do is take your 21-millimeter wrench and just move the bolt on this side until that lines up. And you can snug that down. And we'll do the same for the other side. All right. Now, we're going to torque this nut to 140-foot-pounds. Do the same on the front one. Take this brake hose bracket and install that. Put the bolt back in and tighten that up. Get the nut off. Put that aside. Get this lined up with the upper knuckle. And I'll use a pry bar, just pry this down. Take the nut and get the nut started.
Now, I'm going to use a 19-millimeter ratchet wrench, while I'm using the pry bar to pry it down on the ball joint. Tighten this up. All right. Now, if you have the ability, just torque this with a torque wrench, you can torque this to 37-foot-pounds. Do the best you can. And if the stud starts spinning, you can use an allen key, that's a six-millimeter hex key. But if you use the pry bar and you just pry it down, you should be able to get that without having the stud spinning. Take this brake hose bracket and line that up. Put the nut on or the bolt in and snug it up. And take the wheel speed sensor wire and reconnect that. And then we have this holder or clip. Install that. Lock that in place. Reinstall this clip and connect the connector. And push the retainer. I'm just going to find the hole where it goes. There it is. And lock that in position. And take this fitting. Install that. Snug it up with a seven-millimeter wrench.
And take a grease gun and give it a couple pumps of grease. What you can do is look at the boot as you're greasing it, once you see the boot start to move, that's good enough. And put the wheel back up. Put the lug nuts on. Now I'm going to torque these lug nuts to 140-foot-pounds in any star pattern to tighten the wheel down evenly. And just go around again, double check. Install the center cap.
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June 11, 2019
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2005 GMC 1500 Upper control Arms
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February 2, 2020
I was very pleased with my purchase, I received them on time and the price was much lower than Oriellyss and Autozone. I will continue and buying my parts from these guys.
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February 5, 2021
Always seem to be quality any time I have ordered. Never had a fit and finish problem. Always got the correct parts I have ordered.
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March 24, 2021
I was surprised when I received moog products for cheaper than anywhere else. Shipped on time. Great company.
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January 26, 2022
Fits as expected on my 2003 Silverado 1500
Great and affordable upper arms
Arturo
February 9, 2023
So far so good. I did have to hire an expert to install and perform the required wheel alignment.
Customer Q&A
I noticed a hole on top, is that for a grease fitting or are they factory sealed ?September 8, 2019
Rita D
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Thank you for your inquiry. These will have a provision for a zerk fitting to be greased. Please contact us if you have any further questions.
September 8, 2019
A C
Are the grease fittings included? and does it come already greased or will i have to add grease?May 8, 2020
Oscar C
10
Hello,
These will come with grease fittings. They will need to be greased during installation. Thanks!
May 8, 2020
Adam G
Are these extended aftermarket arms that will compensate for 2.5" suspension lift?May 9, 2020
Tia H
10
Thank you for your inquiry. These parts are manufactured to exact OE specifications, we cannot guarantee the fitment or functionality if they are installed on a modified vehicle with a lift, nor provide the warranty. Please let us know if you have any further questions.
May 9, 2020
A C
Will this fit a 2006 chevy suburban z71 4x4?June 27, 2020
Justin V
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Thank you for your inquiry. These will be the correct fit for that vehicle as long as it is a 1500 not 2500. Please let us know if you have any further questions.
June 27, 2020
A C
Will this fit my 2006 chevy suburban Z71 4x4?June 27, 2020
Justin V
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Yes, according to the information you provided, this part will fit your vehicle. Please let us know if you have any other questions!
June 27, 2020
Corey M
Will this fit a lifted Tahoe?June 30, 2020
Rique R
10
Thank you for the inquiry. No, this will not be correct for a lifted vehicle. These are made to the same OE specifications as the original parts and any modifications to the vehicles suspension will either not fit properly or the integrity of the parts will be compromised. We recommend purchasing specific parts for your lifted vehicle to be safe when driving the vehicle.
June 30, 2020
Curtis L
I have 24in wheels on my 2002 chevy tahoe 4x4 do u have heavy duty upper control arm?August 3, 2020
REGINALD R
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Thanks for the inquiry! We do not carry heavy duty upper control arms for your wheel size. Please let us know if you have any additional questions.
August 4, 2020
Andra M
Hello will these do the job if I have a 6inch lift or do I need a certain size on a 2002 chevy suburban 1500 ls?April 3, 2021
Tonny G
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Our parts are not compatible with vehicles that are equipped with a lift or the suspension has been modified in any way.
April 4, 2021
Jessica D
10
Many lift kits use the stock suspension components. It would depend on your particular lift kit but most use stock upper control arms. It's very common on a 6" lift to use standard upper control arms.
November 25, 2021
Travis O
What series are these?August 4, 2021
John D
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We are not sure what you mean by 'series'.
Please enter your vehicle's year make and model in the search bar at the top of the page. This will display parts guaranteed to fit your vehicle. Just be sure to verify all of the information shown in the Vehicle Fit tab before ordering.
August 4, 2021
Cristina P
Is it one control arm per order or both front ones per order?November 26, 2021
I V
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I got both for one price that price sounds about right and the parts store you only get one! That was for a 2005 Escalade
November 27, 2021
Emanuel T
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Hello, this is a pair for both sides of upper control arms.
November 27, 2021
Ricale A
Will these upper control arms fit on a 4wd 1500 Silverado 2005?April 8, 2022
Oscar V
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Yes, as long as it has 6 lug wheels, it will fit.
April 8, 2022
Cristina P
Is this good for a 4x4?October 16, 2022
Mario V
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These are ehat I put on my Yukon Denali, 6.0. All wheel drive, it's like 4x4 all the time, and they were very similar to the factory I removed.
October 16, 2022
Ese H
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I don't know if they "technically fit" but I can say this. In the past when I've bought "bargain" part replacements I've totally regretted it. A cheap part that saves you $20.00-$30.00 bucks, and only lasts for 2 years is not a bargain. I've rebuilt my 2004 Suburban 1500 2wd with this particular lower control arm and it's still going strong. I will NEVER buy cheap parts again. Moog may be made all over the world but their dedication to quality is worth far more than what you pay for a bargain price for other brands.
October 16, 2022
F. R
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Yes. I used this control arm on a 2004 GMC Yukon with 4 wheel drive.
October 21, 2022
Rick A
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