Hello, John Talley here with Partzilla.com. Today I'm going to show
you how to replace the lower ball joint on our 2016 polaris ranger 900 XP. Not
that tough to do, just need to get the tire out of the way before we can dive
into it. But before we get started, let's go over to the tool table so we can
discuss the tools that you're going to need to pull this off.
Welcome to the tool table, guys. Listen this is going to be a skill level 2,
but just barely. So it's really not going to be that difficult. Let's go over some
of the tools that you're going to need to pull this off. A 3/8 ratchet, a shallow
and deep well 15 millimeter, a 19 millimeter, and then a 15 millimeter
wrench. I also want to pick up a decent set of circlip pliers. On the torque
wrench side, you're going to need one for the lower values and one that at least
goes up to 120. Now the only specialty piece you're going to need is a cup that
needs to be just roughly one size larger than the actual ball joint itself
because it needs to get pushed into this void. Alright, now if you would,
reference our exploded parts diagrams. That's going to give you a very clear
picture about everything is going to come apart and more importantly how it's
going to go back together. So once you have your tools and your parts together,
we can go over there and I could show you how to do it. So let's go. Before we
lift it up, let's go ahead and get those lug nuts broken loose because they have
a hundred and twenty foot pounds and that's more than I want to try to deal
with with it up in the air. Alright, well our front tire off. Let's discuss what's
going to happen next. Well we're after-- we're trying to get
this A arm completely off the machine. To do that, we need to take the pinch bolt
off on the lower ball joint and then there's two pivot points up at the frame.
But to get to that front bolt, we need to get the brush guard out of the way. So
let me get that done and then we can get the entire A arm off. Looks funny without
the front end on it. Okay, so we've got the bumper out of the way, let's get that
A arm off. Everything that you're going to see me do until it comes off is all
going to be 15 millimeters.
Alright let's get those pushed out.
Keep in mind there were washers down on the nut end so we don't want to lose
those. Now we'll get the knuckle to release. There we go. Alright, there it
is. Now let's just head over to the press and we'll get this one pushed
out, and the new one pushed back in. Before we press it out I just need to
get the circlip off. Now, what we're gonna do is put it in the the press. And I have
a cup here that's a little bit bigger than the ball joint itself and we're
just gonna push it straight down through.
There she goes. And she's out. We're just going to get this cleaned up real quick
and we're gonna press the new one back in. There we go.
Alright let's get that circlip back on there. Make sure it's in the groove. It
is. Alright the circlip looks good, let's go get it put back on the machine.
Start up at the at the top, and what we're gonna do is put in all the bolts and
then go back and torque them. Now get our new ball joint in that control arm. Need
to bring it up far enough where the bolt is actually going to go through where
this groove is on the side. That should be it. There we go. Now don't forget your
washers up front. And then the one down that the ball joint does not have a
washer. Let's get those snugged and then we'll go back and do final torque. Torque
on the ball joint is going to be 42 foot-pounds. Now here's the trick: up here
we need 40 foot pounds. But I'm not gonna be able to get the the torque wrench on
the actual nut side. So we're gonna do it from the other side. So to compensate for
that, we're gonna bump it up by about two pounds. So we're gonna take it to 44
There we go. Alright, let me get the front bumper
back on then that tire and then we can call this done. Alright for those of
you that think that's enough torque, well you're about to see in a second that
it's not even close. Alright, so now we're gonna take these two 120
foot-pounds. See? Wasn't quite there now was it? Well alright guys, guess what? That
finishes up this project. Well listen if you need any parts for your machine, why
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