Press it out with a ball joint press or vise and a large socket. Hitting it is tough without supporting it well.

 

Did you clean it off so you can see and remove the snap ring

 

Yea I removed snap ring lol. Was trying to do it without a press but guess I'm gonna have to get one

 

Mine fell out on limo cat. Penetrating oil overnight should help a lot

 

Vise press isn't needed. I use penetrating oil, hammer, and socket. It came out real easy.

 

I have a ball joint removal kit i use on trucks but i just threw the arms in my press and popped them out. May be a little hard to get started if they have the retaining compound on them, little heat might help. With that tool you can swap the ball joints without removing the arms.

 

Has anyone found a good aftermarket balljoint that has a grease zerk (fitting) yet???
I'm still using a grease needle on mine but would like to change the joints out while I pull the whole suspension off this thing for maintenance..

 

No no no no no no no aftermarket! They are all made by same place. I broke 2 in one weekend and was lucky I didn't break a lot of other stuff

 

Im still running on the aftermarket ones but im not near as heavy as a 4seater. The fact they are sold under a bazillion different p/n and brand names does lead me to question their quality though.

 

I'm not surprised they are lasting longer in a lighter unit but the way they just snap is really bad.I got crazy lucky that I was barely moving both times and felt it give so I jammed the brakes. If the wheel would have rotated a little more it would have broken other parts and I can't imagine if I was going fast where I would end up especially on a hard turn. I would think you are just on borrowed time. Not a risk I would personally take

 

I have all balls joints on my wc4. About 600 miles with no issues yet and I dont baby it lol. Must be lucky so far. My stocks were loose in the arm which is why I replaced them and fell out after snaprings removed. New ones were put in with a press. If u are hammering the old ones out u NEED to support the control arm which will make removing easier and save your shock so u are not hammering on the internal stop.

 

reinstall with loctite retaining compound, 609 is recommended but you can get stronger. That will make up for any slop between the control arm socket and the ball joint. Did a good job of sticking a socket to my press.

 

got 1200 miles on my originals, and only the bottoms are a little loose

 

DRock, which ball joint removal kit do you have? Been wanting to get one but don't want to spend $600 lol. Same with a press, for how little I use it I was just going to pick up one from harbor freight or something

 

I have a 20ton press, harbor freight type jobby. Got it on sale and youd be surprised how much use you get out of it. Mine has paid for itself many times. My ball joint removal kit is also a harbor freight type jobby, was around 150 bucks. Ive removed rusted in balljoints from 1/2 ton trucks with ease. Wouldn't call it professional grade but for the amount it gets used I cant argue. It will replace the balljoints in anything I have sitting in my driveway and that's all the matters. Add in some heat and a little finesse and that kit will work just fine.

 

A big c clamp will work with these guys. Harbor freights ball joint press is about that. I bent the crop out two of those on one truck ball joint job. Lol you would be fine on the trail joints

 

No sand. Only run in low gear. I was barely moving or doing anything when they broke thankfully, that's why I didn't tear up a bunch more, being able to stop as soon as I felt something weird. The wheel didn't even make 3/4 rotation when I broke, that's how slow I was going both times. If it made 1 full rotation all hell would have broken

 

http://www.wildcatforums.net/forum/.../wildcat-suspension-modifications/8005-slop-front-2012-wildcat-ball-joints.html
I bought an aftermarket ball joint on amazon and it didn't have as much articulation out height. That was awhile ago though maybe there are better ones out there. I ended up going with stock ones.

Ohh this is for a trail, mine is full size

 

Does any one have any issues with using cheap after market the making the socket bigger. I put niche in mine complete junk. But now the holes don’t hold factory joints because of the gnarled ends on the after mararket