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how do u do ball joints

Old May 28, 2008 | 09:57 AM
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it been a long time last ones i tried was a ranger pia
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Old May 28, 2008 | 10:36 AM
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Rent a real good press, also make sure the press is for a 4x4 cause if no there is cups that you'll need that will be missing...
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Old May 28, 2008 | 10:39 AM
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KTM racer mentioned how to do it vaguley in a post i just had about high steer... check it out
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Old May 28, 2008 | 06:38 PM
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Remove caliper, rotor, and axle...remove upper and lower ball joint nuts and tie rod end. Use a BFH to seperate knuckle from ball joints. Remove snap rings and whack out ball joints. Use press then reverse procedure...
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Old May 28, 2008 | 07:38 PM
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thanxs there n the way do u think the ball joint will go out every wheeling trip up to rc?
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Old May 28, 2008 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by wicked_xj
thanxs there n the way do u think the ball joint will go out every wheeling trip up to rc?
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Old May 29, 2008 | 10:19 PM
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sry f@$# up key board my ball joints were 50 bucks off of ebay
how many wheeling trips will they last
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Old May 30, 2008 | 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by wicked_xj
sry f@$# up key board my ball joints were 50 bucks off of ebay
how many wheeling trips will they last
Uhh there's no telling how many trips. I wheeled my tj EVERY weekend in mud and my ball joints never gave out in 60k miles.

When re-installing the ball joints, make sure that it's getting seated STRAIGHT and not crooked. I saw this happen to a buddy of mine and it wallowed out the hole and basically ruined the axle. They gotta go in straight, especially the upper cuz the surface is slightly at an angle and the press isn't angled for it.

Have a B-F-Hammer on hand
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