Inspecting my front end before alignment

so I have the lower mini subframe kit which works great... i have less than 400 miles since i instaled it. a week ago it started pulling a little to the right. I played with it a little but made no improvents... I'm gonna get new front tires and take it to the alignment shop but I wanna check Everything first . The one thing I did not replace was the upper control arm bushings also the upper ball joints look good but are atleast 4 years old . so whats the best way to tell if my upper arm componets are good/bad?

everything on the lower end checks out fine... no play in the idler arm. No side to side play in the wheels...

I am pissed off at myself. I put an all new front end in my 86 Olds Cutlass last year. The only thing that wasn't changed were the upper control arm bushings. I had looked at them and they appeared to be fine. Surprise, surprise! Last week, I am getting a bad squeak in the front end and it also started pulling to the right. Everything was greased at the last inspection. Sure enough, its those damn upper bushings. Now I got to take her back in to have them installed and aligned again. I am so mad at myself. I should have just changed them from the beginning. Sounds like the same deal with you. Billy.

I didn't have a spring compressor at the time...No matter how much I tweek the camber ajustment it still dosn't look right... so as far as pulling the upper control arms how big of a job am i getting into?

My friend did his 66 Dodge by himself in his garage. He bought an inexpensive coil spring compressor which worked really well. One the arms were off and he recorded the number of shims and their placement, he took the arms to a local guy who charged him $20.00 bucks to press in the new bushings. It took him 2 days by himself from start to finish and most of that was time waiting for the arms to be done. I don't have that luxury since the Olds is my daily driver, plus I work 6 days a week. So I guess I'll be paying a shop to do it. I don't feel it's a really big job if you have the time. Billy.

As a student I am limited on funds and I'm up for the challenge. It doesn't look too bad but some people say its a pain on 62-67's. It shoulnd't be much harder than replacing struts on a newer car...

Chevy2Only sells a special spring compressor just for 1st gen novas that may help you. Someone on ebay might sell them too.

u can try the redneckway, l used ratchet straps to compress the front springs dangerous got the job done tho