wolverine 350 need help

[brad8210]

have a 98 yamaha wolverine 350 and was doing the u joints in the front driveshaft decided to do the wheel bearings and brake pads as well and then noticed that i need ball joints phoned yamaha and i have to replace the whole a arm as an assembly just wondering if anyone has any experiance or if there is any modification i can do to save spending 800 any help is greatly appreciated thanks

 

[crisscross1]

I would try another distributor try WWW.Royal distributing.com or try Shawn (munhoez) and see if he can help. He got me parts cheap, they were used but seem to be good.

 

[brad8210]

I tried royal there is not a listing for that year aparently you can only buy the whole a arm top or bottom and looking at it I can't see any way to remove just the joint

 

[campingnut]

The only way to replace the ball joints on that atv is to replace the control arm.

 

[crisscross1]

sorry man, I know all about it, had to buy the hole axle because of u-joint failure. Up keep on toys cost money, preventive maintenance is the way to go. I guess you will have to dig a little deeper if you want to play, Did you try munhoez, he is a member and has a selvage yard.

 

[looneyrod27]

have a 98 yamaha wolverine 350 and was doing the u joints in the front driveshaft decided to do the wheel bearings and brake pads as well and then noticed that i need ball joints phoned yamaha and i have to replace the whole a arm as an assembly just wondering if anyone has any experiance or if there is any modification i can do to save spending 800 any help is greatly appreciated thanks

if you pull your a-arms off and take them to a kawasaki dealer there is a ball joint that will fit in there i forget the part number. All you have to do with the stocker is grind the weld of and the kawi one will fit in there.

 

[brad8210]

thank you for the tip ill be trying that i now have the whole front end out of it so may as well keep reparing it i was suprised to find water in the front diff guess ill have to do seals in there as well i really apreciate all the help and tips so far

 

[brad8210]

also do you know what model of kawi that ball joint comes from i talked to pro am in calgary and they say they have heard of this but cant remember what machine the ball joint is from