How To Replace Ball Joints on an ATV/UTV 

At 2 minutes, 19 seconds, checking the lower BJ, it looks like there is movement between the BJ stud and the steering knuckle, possibly indicating wear in the taper of the knuckle itself. Have you found units with a worn knuckle? Solutions?

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Shouldn't be hitting or pressing on sockets but if you must, use impact sockets over standard chrome ones.

Good video. Honda owners, tusk tool does not work on our machines due to different ball joint design.

removing A arm at this time is a good time to replace the bushings and lube the attachment bolts

Will keep hunting for style of ball joints my older rides use, they press down and on knuckle not arms... using a c-clamp press is a pain..

what size sockets are those?

My grandson has a Kawasaki Teryx 800, it's not the racing or high performance one. When installing the ball joints, how do you keep the ball joint from spining while you tighten the nut? Thanks ahead of time.

A good strong bench vise works well too, so long as its square.

Thank you for the video.

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Where can i order an extra set of hands? Lol Also i have found that another option which can help is a vice.

Think my 17 brute force has bad ball joints on the left front. The wheel is cambered in at the top pretty badly. Hoping that’s all it is

Thanks!!

I'm gonna ask a stupid question. Does this Tusk tool work with the ball joints that are threaded. Is pressing right on the bolt going to mess threads up?

Though heat is a way to do that, Use it as the last resort.

I usually put ball joints, bushings and bearings in the freezer while im taking everything apart and then i apply some heat to the a-arms or knuckle whatever part you are working on. Ball joint, bushings, bearings... It has helped alot. My local tire garage has a heater duct that they cut out and made a little access door and ive seen them put parts up there to warm up. If it works for them....

Yup

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Whats your thoughts on using heat? There is a debate in my workshop if heat is a good method? I.e. heat the heck out of the socket and in theory pop the ball joint straight in (if you have it hot enough)