differentstrokes Posted November 13, 2006 Report Posted November 13, 2006 I'm in the process of putting a blaster basketcase together and noticed the balljoints are shot. Can these be replaced and if so who has what I need and how's the install? Will banshee joints work also, I plan on running banshee brakes and the uppers I have are the older style that won't fit banshee spindles. Quote
Hollister_Hitman Posted November 13, 2006 Report Posted November 13, 2006 I am pretty sure the blaster balljoints are NOT replaceable, sorry. Go to planetblaster.org but they will probaly tell you the same thing Quote
Guest nightmare Posted November 13, 2006 Report Posted November 13, 2006 No they are not replaceable. You have to get new aarms. Check ebay for some used ones. Quote
differentstrokes Posted November 13, 2006 Author Report Posted November 13, 2006 I guess I'll go with some aftermarket arms for it. Thanks for the replies. :beer: Quote
blaster668 Posted January 7, 2007 Report Posted January 7, 2007 I guess I'll go with some aftermarket arms for it. Thanks for the replies. :beer: Actually, they are replaceable. Blasters and banshees use the same ball joints. There is nowhere that I know of that sells the joints, but I'm sure they are available somewhere. I highly doubt Yamaha makes them, they are probably made by a vendor. Back when I was racing Blasters, I kept an eye out for bent or broken Blaster and Banshee a-arms...usually you can get them free or for a couple bucks. To actually replace the joints, grind off the metal plate on the back side of the joint. Remove the ball joint which is actually just a stud with a ball on it inside of a plastic cup. This assembly will just fall out if the plate is removed completely. Then just pop the good joint in there, make a new cover plate out of steel. and weld it on. This does require a little bit of work, but its not too bad. The main reason I did this was because I had my stock arms extended so I couldn't just pop another a-arm on there. Quote
[email protected] Posted January 7, 2007 Report Posted January 7, 2007 20 bucks says you can get a hole a arm on ebay . Quote
blaster668 Posted January 7, 2007 Report Posted January 7, 2007 20 bucks says you can get a hole a arm on ebay . Not one that's already extended like in my case when I was racing....By the way, I did this back when extended a-arms weren't even available for Blasters yet. If I had stock a-arms, I'd just replace the whole thing as well. Quote
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