Honda 2005 FOURTRAX FOREMAN TRX500 TM Service Manual page 248

FRONT WHEEL/SUSPENSION/STEERING
BALL JOINT REPLACEMENT
Remove the snap ring from the ball joint.
SNAP RING
Set the knuckle and special tools with "A" mark side
of the remover/installer facing to the ball joint in the
vise as shown.
Press the ball joint out of the knuckle.
TOOLS:
Ball joint remover/installer 07WMF-HN00100
Attachment, 28 x 30 mm 07946-1870100
REMOVER/INSTALLER
Set the knuckle and special tools with "B" mark side
of the remover/installer facing to the ball joint in the
vise as shown.
Press the ball joint into the knuckle until it is fully
seated.
| "A" MARK M ATTACHMENT
REMOVER/INSTALLER
TOOLS:
Ball joint remover/installer
Attachment, 20 mm I.D.
07WMF-HN00100
07746-0020400
NOTICE
If you feel strong resistance when compressing the
vise, stop. Reset the attachment of the tool so that
the ball joint head can go into the hollow of the
attachment and try again.
Install the snap ring with the chamfered edge facing
in.
B" MARK • ATTACHMENT
SNAP RING
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