Hondacowboy

Well y'all, I'm back and finally got one ball joint broke loose on the front left to begin the disc brake conversion and CV boot replacement. I bought a set of boots off eBay in 2015 and hope they last til I'm gone. The outer left boot was replaced several years ago and it looks like they put a small tear in the Ball joint boot. Don't really want to buy a new Ball joint as this one is still tight. I may just clean it and repack with grease. I plan on ordering the kits from Super ATV as their kit looks great. I will post back when I have anymore updates.

Pic of ball joint and boot. Opinions welcome. Thanks Frank

On 1/1/2020 at 8:13 AM, shadetree said:

please start a thread in the utility section

Thanks shadetree, you read my mind. I new this couldn't stay in the intro section. I guess I'll call it "Old Honda, the sequel" LOL

13 hours ago, Wheeler said:

Welcome to our site! Lots of great people to help out! You will love having disc brakes! One of if not the best mod a 300 can have!

That's what I'm hearing here and hope I get it done before I die LOL. Thanks for the welcome

15 hours ago, bcsman said:

bet I know what forum you came from...as did many...

Yuppers, as I've heard. LOL

12 hours ago, retro said:

Ya anywhere near Henderson, Tyler or Longview?

Not real close. We're actually in the South East part of the Big Thicket about 30 miles East of Cleveland and 30 SE of Livingston. Thank you for the welcome.

14 hours ago, Fishfiles said:

 

I bought a cheap ball joint splitter for Harbor Freight and that one  didn't work out too well  for me -------  I stick a big bar in between the a-arm and the knuckle and get some pressure on it then hit it with a hammer and have better success hitting the side where the taper is held in , then hitting the knuckle or a-arm down 

I had a scissor jack between the upper and lower arms applying pressure between them while whacking the side of the knuckle and then hitting downward using a punch and hammer. All to no avail. I was always successful breaking the joints loose on my old cars and my tuck using just the coils spring pressure and  rapping the side of the knuckle to breaker the taper loose. I'll see if I can get a bar in there and apply pressure. If that don't work I'll waste money on a splitter as last resort. Thanks Fishfiles

1 minute ago, riverc said:

Welcome to the forum!

Thank you riverc

3 minutes ago, Derf40 said:

 in colorado that will get u killed fast....we have some steep down hills and long too... best of luck😀

Thanks for the response Derf40. I'm down here in flat land East Texas and don't go mountain climbing with this machine. I've always used it to work in the "Back 40" on the fences and herding the cows. We got out of that and downsized to 1 acre and about all I use it for anymore is running the dog.

Thanks fishfiles. I am still in the planing stage of this project and taking it as I have time. We moved from a farm to a 1 acre tract in the country so my little red machine isn't as critical as it was back there. I Have to buy a ball joint splitter because pressure and a hammer didn't shock the taper loose. That's a first for me, I always was able to shock the taper loose on my old cars and truck. I'm going to replace my boots while I'm at it. I orderes a set off eBay a few years back but never tackled the project.

Thank you TBRider

New here from another forum. It was suggested I sign up here since there are a lot of members from another forum here too. I have a 93 Honda TRX300FW and getting ready to do the front brake disc conversion since my front drum cylinders are rusted up and the brakes dragging. I already managed to force one drum off and it took quite a few censor words. I'm not going to bother with the rear as I abandoned them a few year ago and it would cost another $229 to do them too. I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions.