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Originally Posted by rogerkiu
I failed to replace the control arm myself. I unscrewed the two screws, but I was not able to get the control arm off from the rotor side, it was so damn tight, I tried to use hammer to tap it, no use, still very tight. After about 2 hours trying to get it off, I gave up because I did not want to damage anything else. I reinstalled the wheel. I will go out to find a garage to complete the work. Very frustrated.
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2h to get the ball joint out with no success does not make sense to me. Are you sure you unscrewed the right nut? I never had to change my control arm myself on my X as it is still under warranty but I did on many other cars. I usually use a puller to get the ball joint out. With a puller it should pop up like a charm assuming you have unscrew the right nut. You can buy a ball joint puller for about $25 at Autozone or even loan it for 6 or 7$.