Hello, John Talley here with partzilla.com. Today we're going to be taking a look at the
steering system on our 2012 Honda TRX-420, because I can go ahead and tell you it shouldn't sound
like that. Chances are, it's a known problem on these that the tie rod end is worn out.
But if it's just one that's worn out on yours, well keep in mind that it's a different part
number from the left side to the right side so be be aware of that. Now as far as the tools,
there's not going to be anything really special to do this, and I'll call out any tool sizes
that I'm using as we go through the project so you don't have to make so many trips to your toolbox.
Well now that I've got the parts ready to go and my toolbox open,
let me get this thing lifted up, get the tire out of the way, and I'll show you how to do it.
Oh yeah, lots of play in there.
When these go, they go all the way, and then
your steering becomes omnidirectional and that's not a lot of fun at speed on the trail.
It's not that tough to do. We just have a cotter pin to get out of the way.
There we go. So we've got our cotter pin out of the way, but before we take off that main nut,
let's go ahead and break the pinch nut loose. And it's going to be the standard direction for
the right side. And once you've broken it loose, don't run it in. We want that to be the same point
where the new ball joint is going to end up. So leave it in that position, that way we won't have
to realign it. Now that was a 19 millimeter that was used to lock it in place, and then there's a
17 that's going on this main bolt at the bottom, and that's gonna be the standard direction.
Now Honda was nice because they actually give you an area to reach in
and hold it still, which is the 17 millimeter.
Yeah, look how much play is in there. Oh good grief.
And that one was just before pulling through.
My advice if yours looks as bad as or feels as bad as this one does? Do yourself a favor
go ahead and do both sides at the same time. That's where it bottomed out so right there.
Get our 17 back on.
And our magic number is going to be 40 foot pounds.
Now we do want to go back and tighten up our pinch bolt, but I want to hold it independently
so we don't put any undue stress on it already. Because that can damage it. That should do.
Get our cotter pin back in.
Now let's get our wheel back on.
Guys, resist the temptation just to install it with an impact,
because I can tell you from experience,
there's no way for you to know what torque value that just went to.
And I can also tell you it's probably not enough, so I don't mind reinstalling them
and running them in with that, but at this point you need to get your torque
wrench back out and go ahead and get this done correctly. I'm going to set it down to where
the wheel won't turn, and these need to be taken to 47 foot pounds.
See? Not even close there. Look at that. Come on. And you heard it. Yeah, like that was torqued now.
You trust that impact if you want to, not me.
All right guys, really simple to do. All I have to do is jump over on the other
side and go through the same procedure. Well listen, if you need any parts for your machine,
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