MrEvilPirate
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I got 4 new ball joints for my 2002 ranger edge 4x4 w/torsion bar suspension and 2 tie rod outer ends. Never did a ball joint before, it was a battle but I got all parts installed and everything was looking good. Got my brand new grease gun loaded up and last task was to grease the joints then throw the wheels back on.
I started with the tie rod ends pumped grease, saw some coming out, done. Great.
Moved on to the lowers. I pumped a lot of grease in there. The boots blew up like balloons. Eventually a little bit of grease started coming out of the bottom of the right hand lower. I stopped. The left hand lower none came out, but the boot was really blown up and felt very firm. I decided to move on to the uppers.
I pumped and pumped into the left hand upper waiting to see some grease. All of a sudden the top part of the boot blew out and grease started streaming out .
These are all moog BJs. the top part of the boot is wrapped in metal wire that keeps it on the ball joint. About 1/2" of the boot along the top blew out. It doesn't look good.
What the hell happened? I thought there was supposed to be a relief and you pumped until the grease came out.
There was a painted line on both of the bottom joints. I oriented this inward towards the center of the truck. Was this correct?
What to do now. Should I remove the zerk fitting so some of the grease can come out of the lower ball joints the boots are round, not "ribbed" like a CV joint boot. Very worried I just wasted a lot of time and money in parts... please help!!
I started with the tie rod ends pumped grease, saw some coming out, done. Great.
Moved on to the lowers. I pumped a lot of grease in there. The boots blew up like balloons. Eventually a little bit of grease started coming out of the bottom of the right hand lower. I stopped. The left hand lower none came out, but the boot was really blown up and felt very firm. I decided to move on to the uppers.
I pumped and pumped into the left hand upper waiting to see some grease. All of a sudden the top part of the boot blew out and grease started streaming out .
These are all moog BJs. the top part of the boot is wrapped in metal wire that keeps it on the ball joint. About 1/2" of the boot along the top blew out. It doesn't look good.
What the hell happened? I thought there was supposed to be a relief and you pumped until the grease came out.
There was a painted line on both of the bottom joints. I oriented this inward towards the center of the truck. Was this correct?
What to do now. Should I remove the zerk fitting so some of the grease can come out of the lower ball joints the boots are round, not "ribbed" like a CV joint boot. Very worried I just wasted a lot of time and money in parts... please help!!