Jobu
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I'm hoping to get some help from the wisdom of the group. Recently purchased a used 2015 RZR Highlifter, came with some nice upgrades. One of the upgrades on the machine is this Lonestar Racing suspension kit - https://lsracing.com/collections/po...3-5-mts-suspension-kit?variant=31623431520354
So here's my problem, I was checking out the ball joints for wear. Turns out the front A-Arms don't have standard ball joints, they take a uniball setup. This isn't something I'm familiar with at all. The lower a-arms uniballs have a lot of wear so no big deal, i figured I'd just pop them out and buy a new set. Well I broke one of them pressing them out so now I'm trying to find a replacement. Lonestar is telling me they don't have stock and I'm on day 3 of waiting to hear back from them on when they will, on top of that, these things are crazy expensive. To buy 5 of these 3/4" uniballs and have them shipped to Edmonton, after exchange and shipping, it's somewhere around $800 which just seems crazy for balljoints. Plus I'm kind of getting annoyed with Lonestar taking so long to reply to simple questions.
I've popped by a couple shops and no one seems to know much about these uniballs or if there's other options. At this point I figure I've got a few options -
-Buy new lower a-arms that take normal balljoints. I think this might cause come issues if I don't replace the uppers though. Pricing would be close to buying replacements from Lonestar though.
-Take the lower a-arms to a weld/machine shop and have the cups filled with weld and then machined out to accept the SuperATV uniballs - https://www.superatv.com/rzr-1000-boxed-bearing-and-stud-replacement I worry that the studs might not fit in the knuckles though.
-Find a local supplier of uniballs. Someone told me Motion Canada might have something like this. At least if it's close to the bigger side I can have them machined down. Anyone know anywhere else that might sell these?
Anyone have any ideas? I'm really stuck here.
So here's my problem, I was checking out the ball joints for wear. Turns out the front A-Arms don't have standard ball joints, they take a uniball setup. This isn't something I'm familiar with at all. The lower a-arms uniballs have a lot of wear so no big deal, i figured I'd just pop them out and buy a new set. Well I broke one of them pressing them out so now I'm trying to find a replacement. Lonestar is telling me they don't have stock and I'm on day 3 of waiting to hear back from them on when they will, on top of that, these things are crazy expensive. To buy 5 of these 3/4" uniballs and have them shipped to Edmonton, after exchange and shipping, it's somewhere around $800 which just seems crazy for balljoints. Plus I'm kind of getting annoyed with Lonestar taking so long to reply to simple questions.
I've popped by a couple shops and no one seems to know much about these uniballs or if there's other options. At this point I figure I've got a few options -
-Buy new lower a-arms that take normal balljoints. I think this might cause come issues if I don't replace the uppers though. Pricing would be close to buying replacements from Lonestar though.
-Take the lower a-arms to a weld/machine shop and have the cups filled with weld and then machined out to accept the SuperATV uniballs - https://www.superatv.com/rzr-1000-boxed-bearing-and-stud-replacement I worry that the studs might not fit in the knuckles though.
-Find a local supplier of uniballs. Someone told me Motion Canada might have something like this. At least if it's close to the bigger side I can have them machined down. Anyone know anywhere else that might sell these?
Anyone have any ideas? I'm really stuck here.
