Front end parts question

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badblackram06

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I have a 06 ram 1500 2wd that has a 2/5 drop. Has drop coils. Has right at 80,000 on the truck and about 50,000 on the lowering kit.

I noticed a few weeks ago my left front wheel bearing started roaring. Great! I jacked the front end up being sure to keep the weight on the suspension so i could check everything else while i was there. I noticed there was slight play in the top ball joints one side (left) being a little worse than the other. Some would say its not that bad but I've seen some bad things happen when ball joints pull out of the socket and I don't want that happening. I could not see the bottom ball joints while i was checking so I don't know if there was any play in those. I needed another set of eyes..

My question is where would I begin looking for front end parts like the upper ball joints? Aren't they made into the control arm?

What about a reliable inexpensive brand wheel bearing? My hub assemblies have no sensors. I want to get this all swapped out at the same time so I don't have to have it aligned but once.

I can just see my bank account dwindling down to nothing ha.
Any help would be appreciated.
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bigbadram1500

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Bump for others to chime in. I got my lower ball joint on the passenger side replaced and had to get the entire control arm. I'm not sure about the uppers tho.
 
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