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Help! Removing Spindals From A-arms
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Posted by: osu_josh

CANT GET MY SPINDLES OFF MY ARMS. IS THERE A TRICK? THANKS JOSH

Posted by: theTman

hit the spindle with a rubber mallet or something

Posted by: osu_josh

yeah that is what i thought but i could not get it to budge and i was taking full swings

Posted by: KEVIN132

just turn nuts over and beat them!!!my rubbers got beat up but who cares i got housers anyway!!!!!!!

Posted by: Leschj03

you need a tool that pops ball joints out. i dont know where to get them my ishock kit came with it.

Posted by: Billyu40

pull up while you are hitting them it will break them loose. Be surte you are hitting it deadcenter.

Posted by: TRXDresh

go to napa or oreilleys, and get a tie rod removing tool for a car. They end up being a perfect size for the ball joints on the front end of your ATV. By the way, do you live or go to school in Stillwater? If so, we need to get together and go riding.

Posted by: Sportrax10

Mine came out much easier when I put the quad up on its grab bar... then hammered...

Just a tip...

Posted by: sampleez

get one of these, what trxdresh said. their around $20. Part # from NAPA is 775-9095

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Posted by: Smoker

Just go to a hardware store and get some appropriately sized nuts and bolts to make your own ball joint remover tool. I bolt two different length bolts, one that will fit with both balljoints still installed and one long enough to fit in there while one ball joint is already removed. Screw on one of the nuts to short bolt and put it between the nuts holding the balljoint on, it has to be able to fit with one of the balljoint nuts loosened, the you simply unscrew the nut so it pushes the balljoint out. I know this is hard to understand but if you get what I'm saying, it works like a charm, and you don't end up tearing the ball joint boot like any of the fork types. If you don't know what I mean, look on the web for the atv ball joint remover, same concept, a little more difficult to use but it will run you $3.

Posted by: RedRacer44

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Originally posted by TRXDresh
go to napa or oreilleys, and get a tie rod removing tool for a car. They end up being a perfect size for the ball joints on the front end of your ATV. By the way, do you live or go to school in Stillwater? If so, we need to get together and go riding.

I am wondering the same thing too? I live in Mannford right now but will be attending OSU and living in Stillwater. Need to meet up and go riding at Cooperland, Red Bank, or the 500 sometime this year or something?

I was able to knock mine loose by using a hammer but I had my buddy using a "wedge" to pry against the spindle and it popped out on the 1st hit. The tools from Napa work good too, we used those on my buddies Z400....

Posted by: MixMasterMike

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Originally posted by RedRacer44

I was able to knock mine loose by using a hammer but I had my buddy using a "wedge" to pry against the spindle and it popped out on the 1st hit.

thats what I do