alright doing a tranny swap ran into about a 2 hour delay on the right ball joint. it was a serious pain I cant even tell you 2 hours of beating the crap out if it hammer, pickle everything in sight. finally it decided to come off.
the issue that I am having though is a boot that is ripped to shreds. can I just get the boot of do I ahve to replace the whole thing? any help would be great.

 

you can just replace the boot no need to buy a new axle

 

he means the boot on the ball joint....and yea I'm pretty sure you can replace it, its being held on by a clip

 

just local honda dealership will have them? then repack them with some high temp grease?? what if I dont replace them?

 

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Then your ball joint will get full of dirt and fail.

 

oh and thats not a good thing. so can I just go to the honda dealership and ask for some ball joint boots? what are the names for the boots on the upper and lower control arm cause I think I ripped them both. can I reuse those clips or do I have to cut them and replace them. and just put some high temp grease in there any particular way to do that. thanks again for the heads up I just have to get this done tomorrow and would like to get it done all at once and not have to worry about it later. oh and sorry if there is a thread on ball joint boots I just didnt know all the right terms to use to get results from a search.

 

Part #'s 4 and 7

http://www.hondaautomotivepart...UCKLE

 

hey thanks for the help. thats a nice little site I will be sure to save it and use it to help some others. pay it foward right? thanks again for the help

 

dude if you beat the living **** out of it, I would just replace it. You might have some issues when you put it back together. like it's going to be loose. They are only $30.

Next time lower balljoint doesn't wonna come off, take off the top one.

 

we did do that, but it didnt have enough give to get the axle out

 

there expensive at honda i went last week and got the whole ball joint cost me 57 dollars.i later found out you can go to like schucks or napa and get one for a lot cheaper. i always try to avoid the dealership because thats where they make there money on all the parts. i thought a ball joint would be one of those things you have to get at the dealership but it is not.

 

well went to advanced and auto zone no luck. ended up going to honda. spent about 12 on 4 boots. well seems like you win some and you loose some spent another 2 hours on the car and ran into more issues. 1 fly wheel bolt wont come off ended up stripping it. got some ideas though. going back and trying from 5-8.

 

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What? I don't get it. You are supposed to take of the axle nut before you try to the the balljoint loose.

 

the driveshaft.

 

dont know.... but u dont hafta take off the ball joint for a tranny swap...

 

hey so has anyone actually changed the boot. do they come withe the clip. and do I need to cut the one that is holding the one in now or is there another way to get it off. i will do some more research. thanks again

 

You have to buy the circkip separately. Remove the circlip gently so that you can reuse it with the new one.

Drop a glob of grease into the corners of the boot before slipping it on.

 

i replace the boot on once save your self the trouble and just buy a nex axle.. its a pain to get all the bearing in right and to get clip on was a bitch. i say buy new axle

 

alright well to all that this has happened to I just f uped rather bad. got the tranny and all back in and thought that everything was right. pulling into my house the car takes a dump to the right. ended up that my ball joint broke or something. going to order some parts and just for damage. let me know whats up thanks.