How to Install Ball Joints on a Jeep JL Wrangler or JT Gladiator with Heavy Duty ones by Synergy
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- Опубликовано: 23 окт 2021
- While ball joints are designed to last a long time on a Jeep JL Wrangler or JT Gladiator, running big tires mounted on wheels with a lot less back spacing will cause them to wear out prematurely. Of course, this is especially true with factory ball joints as they have internal components that are made out of plastic and when they do wear out, they can cause loose steering, poor handling or worse, death wobble. Fortunately, replacing ball joints isn't that hard to do and as luck would have it, Synergy now makes heavy duty replacement joints that are greaseable and feature a 100% metal on metal design. In other words, they'll offer a much greater service life and at a price that isn't too cost prohibitive. In this video, I'll show you just how easy it is to change out your ball joints and for the most part, with just a basic set of tools.
A BIG THANKS needs to go out to Synergy for sending these us these ball joints for the purposes of testing and review.
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WHAT YOU WILL NEED
Synergy Heavy Duty Ball Joint Kits #4170-01
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Here we go again.. watching a ball joint video and I don't even have a Jeep...I'm here for the outstanding production and it's raining like hell outside. 7 cuts on opening and pulling the parts of of the box...you the man...
LOL - happy to hear you can appreciate our efforts into making a simple video 😎
Dude I'm literally in the same boat. Here in pa we're getting some good rain
I am not the only one then haha, this channel is addicting!
Yes, they have the entertainment aspect of video making down. THANKS!!
Haha, me too.
Hands dirty. Knuckles bloody. Knows what he’s talking about. Never loses his cool. Subbed
LOL - glad you enjoyed the video and appreciate the sub 😁
First utube mechanic that isn't afraid to get his hands dirty love this guy
LOL - it's the only way I know how to get things done 😎
Sold all of my Wranglers and CJs. Not considering buying any more. Still watch every video you have about Jeep stuff. I LOVE IT!
LOL - awesome, thank you.
Another Top Quality video, you give me the courage to tackle these types of projects. The video you did for the Track bar and tie rod allowed my son and I to do it ourselves, the next time I need to replace the ball joints this video will be the instruction manual.
Awesome, so happy to hear that our videos are of help to you.
I am so envious of your garage/workshop space and all your wonderful tools. Great video.
So glad you enjoyed the video 😎
Me, too. I might be even more envious of the skills of whomever is editing these videos.
@@ksb2112 LOL - that would be Cindy 😎
You make this look so easy that I want to go change my ball joints and they don't even need changing. I love your videos!
LOL - Glad you found our video to be informative and that you like our videos in general 😎
well its not a bad idea to change them regardless of wear.
Eddie is like a Jeep encyclopedia and repair manual!
LOL - you're too kind. Thank you. 😊
Why can’t you be my neighbour….. your vids are great!!!!!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
LOL - well, if you follow the instructions on the video, it's almost like I am 😁
I always enjoy watching you open the parts boxes! You're deadly with that razor knife.
LOL - awesome. Glad you enjoy our videos :)
I just bought myself a jeep wrangler jl a week ago i went to RUclips to see what kind of video's are out there and this channel popped up i wstch one and now i am hooked to this channel thanks for making some great video's
Congratulations to you on getting a Jeep and happy to hear you enjoy our videos 😎
I love how he knows and uses the correct terminology for all the bits and pieces and procedures.
LOL - glad you can appreciate it 😎
Haha, wow! You made that look so easy. I’d be working on that all weekend. 😂
LOL - I suppose it helps that I done it once or twice before 😁
I got all the way to end and thought, oh no! Eddie's gonna forget to torque the lug nuts as the very last step! Silly me. These DIYs are in a class of their own, thanks bud!
LOL - glad that I was able to cover everything and that you found our video to be helpful :)
I’ve done that job before on other vehicles. It feels great upgrading your rig with better parts and doing the job right yourself. These days it’s especially important to learn how to fix your own car or truck! Great video!!! 💪🏻
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Great upgrade, I will definitely be ordering these for my JT Rubicon, great video.
Glad we could be of help to you with this video.
Great video.
I installed the Synergy rebuildable ball joints back in April or May of this year on my 2018 JLUR. They were the only ball joints Synergy had available at the time. I'm happy with them. I needed ball joints, and I wasn't going to put factory junk back in. Your cassette hubs came out of your knuckles a lot easier than they came out of mine. I had a hell of a time getting them out. The one Knuckle had corroded to the hub. After I got the bad side apart (heat, axle puller), it took me a couple hours to scrape all the aluminum oxide off the cassette hub. It was a real pain. I put never seize on those mating surfaces.
I really enjoy how you present a job on your Jeep. Your videos are very helpful.
Take care!
Thank you. We're happy to hear you enjoyed our video.
Your videos a great. It’s not even my jeep but my fiancé’s. I love your channel and she loves the wild things I have done to her Jeep cause of what you taught me, step by step.
Awesome! Happy to hear you enjoy our videos 😎
Ive watched a few videos and Im sensing some deep deep hostility towards boxes
🤣
I love the mix of videos you do. I learn so much from this channel. One of my favs was your recent wheeling of the stock jeep. Great content man
Awesome, thank you! 😎
Brilliant, such a clear, concise description.
Glad to hear you found our video to be helpful 😎
I watch a lot of channels for a lot of different things but your unboxing is the best
LOL - why thank you. We're flattered to hear you say as much 😁
Very informative! I've never changed ball joints so this was good to see! Thanks for sharing!
Glad it was helpful! 😎
Great teacher and work my friend 🙌🏻🙏🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Flattered that you would say as much, thank you.
legit hands down the best video on ball joints and i can now do it myself !🤙
We're really happy to hear you found our video to be helpful 😎
Great informative video as usual! Love the content and have learned quite a bit despite not owning a jeep. But what really stands out in your videos besides the great production is that all your vehicles are well kept. When you took the wheel off And if I’ve never seen any of your videos I would think you never offroad any of them their so clean. Great job as usual.
Thank you. We try hard to keep our rigs in as good of shape as possible so that we can rely on them out on the trail 😎
Love your videos man !!! Very entertaining, educational, you make everything looks so ease to do 😂 besides the top quality video !! Congrats man !! 🤙🏻😎🤙🏻
Truly flattered and humbled that you would say as much. Glad you enjoy our videos and find them to be educational.
Eddie, yet another excellent video... THANKS !!!
Continuing our talks from your last video, yes sir, your videos are an expert advise and moreover, instructions exactly how to do it...
Wealth of information in those really "dumb-proof" step by step details...
Love watching them and used few advises from previous videos already !!!
Flattered that you would say as much. Thank you and glad to hear you find our videos to be helpful.
Thanks for taking the mystery out of replacing the front upper and lower ball joints. Now I know why the uppers have to be reinstalled first, so the press will fit into the knuckle. :)
Another great video brother.. 👍🏽 I’ve done so many ball joints and I still followed along..
Awesome! Thank you!
Right on my man!! You really get at it and do a good job. I have been thinking of getting a 2 door JL and enjoy your driving and how to videos. I have a huge amount of experience off road on motorcycles none at all on 4 wheels. I can't wait!!
Awesome, glad that we can be of help to you in this way.
May as well add this to the list for when I do my RCV's. Great video once again my friend.
Awesome :)
I bought TF heavy duty ball joints over a month ago and I’ve been holding off in the install. Thank you for putting this video together. It will be a huge help once I get myself to do the install 😅
Awesome! Install should be pretty much the same. Hope our video is helpful to you.
You always make it look easy. Awesome vid Bro
LOL - I suppose it doesn't hurt that I've done this once or twice before but honestly, it really isn't too bad of a job.
Super vidéo comme toujours!!
You make everything look easy!
LOL - If I do, it's only because I've been doing this for a very very long time 😎
another job well done eddy,I like how you showed how to index the ball joint for cotter pin access, alot of people don't know you can do this 👍
Glad you enjoyed our video and happy to hear I did something right :)
I’ve yet to have to install a set of ball joints myself, but it actually looks like a pretty fun job and I’m excited for the day I have to. Although I don’t have a JL I have a JK it’s still quite similar, so I’ll definitely reference your video for it because you could not possibly be more informative haha thanks!
Awesome, so glad to hear it!
Man I wish I had a shop like that with all the tools I need!
Very nice bro!
Thanks 👍
Wow!!! Way easier than I thought. Had to replace them in my JK just out of warranty. I hope they last longer in my JL. Great video!
Glad you enjoyed the video and hope it's of help to you some day.
To be honest, I don't have the tools, your practice and knowledge to install the ball joints in my Jeep but once again I love to see how well you know everything about a Jeep, that's impressive. Excellent video as usual and many thanks for sharing.
LOL - it's taken a long time to acquire all the tools that I now have as well as the knowledge. Of course, that only came about from doing. Glad you enjoyed watching our video 😎
I only saw ONE thing you did wrong… mechanics don’t smile that much. 😉 thanks for sharing. I had my steering and suspension ASE certification but truly it’s just a piece of paper for peace in the mind. I was doing so many ball joints back 15 years ago, I quite literally didn’t need a torque wrench on the castle nut. I did it by feel. And I was so confident I had 2 buddies and the snap-on guy check it. Dead on. I used to be an OK mechanic… but I’ve digressed. In more ways than one!!!
Thanks for memory jolt. Stay safe.
LOL - awesome and thank you.
Great video, excellent editing!
Thank you. We're flattered that you would say as much and glad you enjoyed it 😎
Great job, If I purchase a Jeep maybe I can do. Thanks for your time to teaching.
I guarantee that you could do it.
Great install video! On the list for my JK when I get beadlocks on 👍
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it and can't wait to see your rig all built up 👍
I think the unboxing and the lightly slamming of the contents on the table is my favorite part! Lol
LOL - glad to hear you enjoy our box openings 😁
I also installed a set of Synergy adjustable ball joints just last year, but on a JK. They have been great.
Awesome!
Finally early to one of your vids!! Thanks for great vid!
Aloha Wayne. This is a very delicate repair and replacing ball joint for your Jeep Wrangler. You did an excellent job in the removal for of the components to replacing for the new ones on the front. Nice work with a terrific video 📼.😇🧐💥💫🤙👉🏼👈🏿👌👍👀🤜🤛👏🙌💪
Thank you. Glad you found our video to be helpful 😎
Great video, reminds me that I need to get a set of these Ball Joint's for my JKU.
Awesome :)
Yeah agreed amazing videos. I’m the same watch them over and over 😂. Feel like I’m going to replace the whole front steering just because. Got a 2.5 lift on my Rubicon but no real death wobbles. Thanks for all your hard work and time dedicated with these productions!!!!
LOL - happy to hear you enjoy our videos and find them to be informative 😎
Love all your videos! Sending love from Hawaii!💪🏼💪🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼
Glad you like them! Thank you.
Didn,t know Astro Pneumatic made a kit like this - thanks for sharing!
Glad I could be of help :)
Great video, fun editing.
Awesome. Glad you enjoyed it
Love the garage 🤘🏻.
Thank you
I always enjoy your videos
Thank you. We really do appreciate it 😎
Awesome video! Thanks 👍
Glad you liked it!
Great job and a lot of work!
Glad you found our video to be helpful :)
I know the steps are identical, but there's something satisfying and reassuring knowing he did the other side. Awesome video Eddie. The part you didn't cover is convincing my wife I can do this in the garage...
Glad you enjoyed it and hope it helps out.
@@wayalife I just bought a set of impact wrenches and some other tools during a black friday sale. I know the steps might not be identical, but I'll be replacing the ball joints on my JK soon 👍🏻
100% I would never perform this time consuming upgrade, but this vid does demonstrate your skill set. #let'sgobrandon
LOL - It's not that bad, I bet you could do it 👍
Another great video! 👍
Thank you, so glad you found it to be helpful.
GREAT VIDEO, Brother! Much appreciated..
Awesome! Glad to hear you found our video to be helpful 😎
Excellent as usual!!!
Thank you :)
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Glad to hear you found our video to be helpful 😎
Can totally see Dave sending you Sun Glasses 👍😎
LOL - in hindsight, I should have put them on 😎
Thanks Eddie. Oh, and Ripley too...
Glad you enjoyed the video :)
This and all your vids are very helpful to this JL, weekend off roader. Thanks for another great vid. Though I may not tackle this job myself, it's nice to know if someone needs help, I know where to look for instruction!
Awesome! Glad to hear our videos are helpful to you 😎
Great videos, love your shop and rig. I ran synergy HDs in a JK for a while, I made the mistake of installing knurled joints early on and they were a pain to press in! Now I know why. They lasted a few years but failed recently, then by coincidence I noticed on their website they had recalled my version of the joints due to premature wear, I called them up and they immediately sent a set of the newest ones, great customer service by synergy! Interesting to hear your opinion on rebuildable joints, I would have thought you could get a few more thousand miles out of them after tightening them up before replacement that should work out cheaper over time? Appreciate all your videos and forum info! It has saved me many times! Keep up the good work.
Thank you and that's great to hear. Regarding rebuildable joints, they are nice but there's no way I've found to actually rebuild them on a Jeep and being that the rebuild kits cost as much as new joints, I figure it's just as easy to install new ones being that I have to pull them anyway. But, that's just me.
Great video and I’m glad some can show how to do this, but I’m sure glad I ordered rebuildable ball joint’s when I got my Dynatrac diff housing.
I've run several sets of them and they are good joints for sure. However, I've never found a way to rebuild them on my Jeeps.
@@wayalife well the ones I got are from Dynatrac the prosteer ball joints. I ordered them with my ProRock 44. I hope they’re rebuildable lol.
@Albert Ortiz Oh, they're rebuildable but I've never found a way to rebuild them on my Jeep. I've always had to remove them to do anything.
@@wayalife okay got ya. I’m just hoping they will last a long time.
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I have learned so much from u!
Just a tip put your tires under the jeep when you work on it just incase you have maximum failer and supper important to do this on the trail when u don't have extra jack stands
Would love to see u do a video on that you would get it out to so many people and could save arms legs or even a life
It's even free to do 🙂
Great tip on the trail for sure and I may just have to address in the future that but in my garage and on jacks stands... honestly, I don't know how much that's really needed especially when I was never under the Jeep.
Super helpfull thanks
Awesome! Glad it was helpful to you 😎
Good stuff!
What, last vid… I am all caught up… talking about a binge watch. Hahaha :-)
Great job Eddie and Cindy… you both rock… literally and figuratively. :-)
Awesome! Thank you! 😎
One of the maintenance items I probably need to do soon on my JL. You inspired me to at least finally order a ball joint tool!
Not necessarily. We have over 60k on the odometer and our factory ball joints were still in good condition. And I should note, in spite of our beadlock wheels with a lot less back spacing and even wheel spacers that we were running for a better part of those miles. "pre-maturely" just means sooner than what factory ball joints can do with stock wheels. Not "right away" 👍
@wayalife I just received the ball joint tool you linked and it doesn’t have the angled adapter in it that your kit does???
@@caryrichardson338 I'm sorry to hear that. I looked on Amazon and it shows the angled adapter in the lower left hand corner of the screen. Are you saying that you do not have that piece? The angle is slight.
@@caryrichardson338 The description also states "Set also includes 4-wheel drive ball joint service kit that allows service for 1967 thru current 1/2 and 3/4 ton 4WD vehicles having the Dana 30 or 44 front axle (found on Ford, GM, Dodge, IHC and Jeep vehicles)".
I guess I stand corrected, I do have that piece. You aren’t kidding about “slight”. I spent 5 minutes with and angle finder and calipers just now. We’re talking 0.4°!
189 likes 0 dislikes. As it should be 😅 love the videos man! Love the Jeeps too!!
LOL - that might be a record! Glad you enjoy our videos and our Jeeps 👍
@@wayalife 301 - 0 haha it's looking good!
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it 😎
A+
Great how to. 🤟😎
Glad you liked it 😎
Great video
Thanks!
Thank-you for the info
You bet!
Great video. I will have to inspect my ball joints now. 23k on 37" with factory ball joints. Something tells me I'll have to rent a press.
More than likely, your ball joints are fine. We have over 60k on the odometer and our ball joints didn't really need to be changed out and this in spite of running wheel spacers on top of beadlocks with a lot less back spacing for most of those miles. As I state in the video, that will cause your ball joints to wear out "pre-maturely" but that is not the same as right away. Factory ball joints with stock wheels can last over 100k.
Good Stuff!!
Glad you liked it!
I personally look at the zert fitting, center fitting is upper and lower is offset to distinguish upper and lower ball joints. Great Video
I have the lesser synergy model
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Id love to see a video on what a great trailside repair kit looks like
That's actually a video we hope to make soon :)
Thanks for the video you always make it look SO EASY. Parts always come off with no problem! Great job but it could have gone faster with a little help from Ripley HaHA. Take care and be safe
LOL - glad you enjoyed the video.
Thank you 😇
Glad to hear our video was helpful to you 👍
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Thank you!!!
You bet! :)
Thanks!
Great video made it easy to get my ball joints replaced, thanks again.
Wow, thank you!! We're so happy to hear our video was helpful to you. 😎
perfect!
Great video again with super instructions and advice. Thank you.
With your JL/JT wheeling experience have you witnessed or had any friends with JL/JT with any problems of the aluminum knuckles wollowed out?
If replacing ballpoints i think i may consider the factory steel knuckles (like those on diesel JT) or aftermarket steel knuckles from Reid Racing. What do you think?
So, while I have not seen any problems with the aluminum knuckles or at least, as of yet, I'm not really a fan of them. When I get a chance, I hope to replace them with iron replacements.
Amazing…
Thank you! Cheers!
Eddie makes me want to order a Jeep and drink some Makers 46. God bless.
LOL
Same but I want to drink 4loco
nice video
Thanks 😎
Nah Eddie , love you video but I can’t do that on my own but I will continue to save up to have someone that can do it in the meantime I’ll keep enjoying your videos
LOL - I bet you could do it 👍
Good stuff Wayalife! maybe you should consider changing it to 'THE WAY' ,nice and strait forward job. Cheers:)
LOL
Great tutorial vid. If I EVER get a JL I'll know how to do it. Lol. Just did my TJ/LJ Rubi earlier this summer (along with RCV's due to broken chromo shaft on Cliffhanger.) :-( I have to disagree with one comment... I looked at some of the rental ball joint kits and I also have the basic HF kit. They are NOT complete kits and can be a PITA. They do not have the special off set adaptor, which is extremely helpful, nor do they have the long solid bottom piece you used on the lower joint. The adaptors they do have were not a snug fit to the lip of the joint. I ended up having to cut a piece of DOM and make my own. As they say, you get what you pay for and a quality ball joint kit with the proper pieces is $$ well spent.
It is important to rent a kit that comes with Chrysler/Jeep adapters.
You have me thinking “I can do that” 😂
Awesome! That's what I'm hoping to hear from people like you :)
Thanks for sharing Eddie! I always feel better about doing this kind of work after watching your videos! Any reason you went back to the OE steering stabilizer? Only asking cause I have that Fox TS sitting in my garage waiting to be installed.
Glad you find our videos to be helpful. Regarding steering stabilizers, I've always found that OE works best and I wasn't thrilled about the aluminum tie-rod clamp that Fox provides. Mine got beat to all hell and I almost couldn't get it off.
@@wayalife Thanks for the response Eddie! Looks like Synergy came out with an "adapter kit" (which is just a screw and washer) that can be used with their tie-rod clamp. Think I'll give it a shot! We'll see how it goes 🙂
Probably the best Jeep ball joint video I have seen. Just curious why you want synergy over dynatrack? Ball joints are on the agenda for spring and am going dynatrack as they are rebuidable without removing.
Dynatrac ball joints are nice and I have run 3 different sets of them in the past. However, they are more expensive and so I was hoping to test out something more people can afford. Also, while I do like Dynatrac ball joints, they are far from being rebuildable without removing them. Maybe there's a trick to it that I don't know of but I've never been able to do it.
@@wayalife great thanks for the reply! Got me thinking maybe give the synergy a shot. I run all synergy front end components as is. Be sure to keep us updated on how you like them.