ball joints

Something happened today I've never experienced. I was brush-hogging tall, thick Multi-Floral Rose bushes. When I stopped and returned the tractor the the garage, I used a leaf-blower to remove the pollen, leaves, dirt, and trash from my equipment. Then something shiny caught my eyes, it was...

I’m thinking of disassembling my ball joints to replace the boot seals. Mine do not have castle nuts with cotter pins. Just a regular nut. They are not loose however. Is this odd? Seems to me most ball joints have holes through the stud, a castle nut and cotter pin? I assume just torque to spec...

I have an older Massey Ferguson 20C that I am replacing the drag link and steering cylinder ball joints. In both cases, I feel like the tapered shaft is too short, and the dust boot is being crushed. I haven't even tightened them all the way yet and the boot is totally squashed. If I steer with...

The oil seals on my John Deere 855 (compact tractor) hydraulic steering cylinder (AM108897 or AM105772) are fine but the ball joints are 'shot'. Is there a way of grinding off the existing ball joints and welding on new ones? If this is possible does anyone know which replacement ball joints...