hey everyone Rylis Productions here here's our video on how to service
some Howe precision upper ball joints we use these on our all our builds these
actual ball joints were the first ones that we had installed on the `Cuda we
installed these back in 2015 and we took them out in 2018 after three years of
track and street use there's a new or newer set about a year old in the
`Cuda right now that it's running on so those are still good so, we need to
service these. What we're gonna do is disassemble this ball joint into a neat
layout like this ball joint already is and once this particular ball joint is
disassembled like this we're going to reassemble this one into a serviceable
reusable unit so here we go. First step is to get a 3/32 allen key and just take
off the set screws they pop off real easy servicing these ball joints aren't
rocket science it's very simple to do just have to have the correct tools and
you know read the instructions we also use Schaeffer's 238 grease we called how
to see which grease that they recommend and they said the 238 is some good stuff
Schaeffer's is made in USA I think out of Missouri if I'm not mistaken so we
just recently got that tube of grease so we're gonna use it the next step is use
a half inch drive to take the cap off the housing
there's an o-ring in here and you gotta be careful not to not damage it so I
should pop right off everything's smooth see there's no ring and it's full of
grease this is the original grease from how that's the that's the cap this is
the ball and this is the housing so how to test if this is so straight as you
install the ball into the housing backwards and if it spins straight if it
spins straight like this it should still be good if it wobbles that means it's
bent and you need to throw it away and get a new ball and stud but this
particular ball still looks good so there's the housing I'm gonna clean that
up let's inspect this. I have a piece of tissue paper there wipe off all the old
grease like I said this is a has been on the `Cua for three years. You're
supposed to check the ball joints every year but you ain't likely to do so but
this is the wear and tear on it the ball still feels really smooth
there's no nicks or anything like that
there's no grooves or anything like that and the other other ball is actually
worse there was a nick on it but you can clearly see but this this particular
ball is still smooth to the touch so
there's the ball there's the housing I'll leave the castle nut and the washer
there does it need a disassembled I'm gonna wash these with soap and water and
then we grease them so they don't rust but I'm gonna reassemble them shortly
anyways the last step is to make sure you get the zerk grease fitting
out of here and this is a with a 5/16 nut so I just top that off you want to
make sure you disassemble everything and
get all the cause of dust and crap out of there that way
you want to make sure everything is perfectly clean and a good way to to
know how it's clean is if you wipe part and it's still white then that means
it's clean so I wipe all the grease off and wash it out and and you know make
sure we can because you don't want any dust particles or other crap tip to
damages the ball so we're gonna reinstall or reassemble the this cleaned
ball joint these parts have been washed already and they're ready to reassemble
make sure everything is clean is no crap in there when you, I have a new set a gloves by the
way I switched out to new gloves and to reassemble the ball joint I first start with the
o-ring and put it back onto the cap make sure you don't damage the o-ring cause
it's real delicate and you'd be screwed if you don't
install this correctly so the next step is to put the ball into the housing and
then put the cap on to the screw the cap onto the housing itself and make sure
you don't squash and damage the o-ring I use my 1/2 inch drive to screw the
housing on top and then the trick is to screw the cap onto the ball until it
just makes contact and then once you make contact the ball gets stuck if you
screw it all the way down you see now to set lash you have to turn the ball
counterclockwise 1/8 of a turn so I just go by one of the dash marks here and
it's pointing to a corner I'm going to turn it to the flat so it's 1/8 of a
turn there that's 1/8 and the ball should be loose like this like so and
then I have to reinstall the desert feeding so with the zerk fitting you dab
a little bit of Loctite on here just a little bit and throw it on to the
on to the threads there it's kind of tricky to get to zerk been fitting back
on but just use a 5/16 socket and it should be good this is a quarter inch
drive so just tighten that down and with the the Loctite shouldn't go
anywhere now
oh it turned the they reset the lash so I have to turn the set the lash again so
when I tighten down the zerk fitting it retightened the cap so I'm just reset
the lash like I said once the cap contacts the ball you just have to back
back it off 1/8 of a turn and then the balls like this again so once you're at
this stage you make sure you get the set screws and then put some some Loctite on
the set screws blue loctite that's good you don't want that red stuff on there
that's you don't have to use heat with red
I'm right there
use the allen wrench so re-Loctite it
A drop
there's one side
put more Loctite here
there yeah just enough in there and
screws hold the cap in place so it doesn't shift and the lash is set by the
arrows to the flat for this particular ball joint so like you said you have to
set the lash it's very important to set the lash with these Howe precision ball
joints if you don't it doesn't function properly mmm torque these down so the
caps gonna stay put and then you just re grease with the 238 this stuff with a
grease gun and then put your washer and you or castle nut back on and then use a
brand new cotter pin by the way don't cheap out and use the old one because
these will break and your nut will fall off use a brand new one these are a
little bit too big I went to the store and got big ones so I got I got to
return these but you know you use a brand new one new one use your common
sense and do that so this is a reserviceable or a reusable upper ball
joint I just have to regrease it with Schaeffer's 238 ultra supreme
grease its Made in USA it's good stuff but yeah that's pretty much it so these are
going to be going back on the `Cuda once the `Cuda's current ball joints go out so
we'll be ready to go. We're gonna do the same process on this other ball joint
here we're gonna clean it and reassemble it as well so that's gonna be it this is
going to be a spare set for the `Cuda. We also have another set this is a brand
new set as you can see here from our previous video same part number
22320 for the 73 Challenger build
these will come on we'll go on to the Hotchkis A-arms but yeah that's pretty
much it it's simple to do we love these ball joints
they're super buttery smooth and Made in U.S. so they're gonna see some track
time soon, but that's it for now guys this is Rylis Productions see you guys
at the track. Later!