NO. If you KNOW what you are doing You can put them in with a hammer and a drift pin.
Some ball joints are pressed in and others are bolted in, it depends on your style ball joints.
They are Pressed in. You will need to take it to a shop
need video on how to put upper ball joints in a 97 merc mountinare
As far as i know yes.
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For any type of bushings you will need a special tool to take them off the bushings are pressed in
You have to replace the whole control arm on front upper ball joints in that particular vehicle.
U joints are replaceable. However, most u joints need to be pressed into the driveline yoke. So it is preferred to take vehicle to an auto shop if you do not know how to do this repair.
For a Turbo 350 to fit a 1997 Silverado 5.7 2wd, it will require a little fabrication.
I would say you need to measure the one your taking off and compare it to the one you want to put on... the only other thing that i would check would be U-Joints.. im not sure but the 2500 may have bigger or more heavy-duty u-joints then the 1500... if the length and u-joints are the same then i would say it should do just fine!
If its 2 wheel drive, you will need a press. Those ball joints are pressed into the upper and lower control arms. If it is 4 Wheel drive you need to remove the rivets with either an air chisel or to drill them out.
Check the stirring fluid level. Also you might need to check the cv-joints.