Talon Lower Ball Joint Boot Replacement

[bbtank45]

My brother and i bought talons back in September. He was unlucky enough to get a leaking front axle seal....Instead of coordinating and waiting on a dealer to free up, he replaced the seal himself. In the process of replacing, he put a sizable tear in the lower ball joint boot. Is there any recommendation on a fix w/o replacing the whole ball joint? It is what it is, just trying to save from replacing a part that has less than 200 miles on it.

Thanks HondaSxs.

 

[Hondasxs]

Some units you could order just the boot. But it does not look like you can for the Talon.

Not sure you can do this without damage. But could order a new one and swirch out the boots. But chance of damaging the second one is fairly high.

Best just to replace it. I would make it a winter project. It's not going to wear out between now.

 

[bbtank45]

Some units you could order just the boot. But it does not look like you can for the Talon.

Not sure you can do this without damage. But could order a new one and swirch out the boots. But chance of damaging the second one is fairly high.

Best just to replace it. I would make it a winter project. It's not going to wear out between now.

I think you're right....run it for a bit and replace it later. Any opinions on the SuperATV greaseable vs the Honda factory ball joints?

 

[Cyberjunk]

Some units you could order just the boot. But it does not look like you can for the Talon.

Not sure you can do this without damage. But could order a new one and swirch out the boots. But chance of damaging the second one is fairly high.

Best just to replace it. I would make it a winter project. It's not going to wear out between now.

Last takeover I popped a lower ball joint on my 700 out of the A arm on a 90 mile trip. The joint lodged in the arm so I was able to continue till I got back to camp . Now I had a wallered joint and arm , next morning I had it welded in needless to say the boot was gone . Rode the next three days like this and a couple more rides before I got around to replacing it. That being said don’t worry about the boot being gone , ya it is going to wear out quicker but not going to fail as fast as you think. Buy a new one and replace at your leisure .


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[HUCK]

Clean the torn area REAL good and apply Shoe Gue . Haven't done it but on this forum under Pioneer 500 , someone did it and said it was still good after a LONG time .

 

[HondaTech]

Not to hijack your thread but I see your in Hamilton, OH.

Did you try contacting us @ Honda of Fairfield about the leaking axle seals? We've done several and had Honda pay for them all so far.