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Also, did you say 250hrs? That diesel is hardly broken in!! That original boot looks 10yrs old, at least! I bought a handful of Kubota tractors around year 2000. THEY STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL BOOTS. I currently own one personal B series with 390 hrs and just had a boot failure. WTF

That's what I'm talking about. It's a ball joint boot faking as a tie rod boot. On a ball, it's captive between the steering knuckle and the shoulder of the ball joint. It's a tight enough fit that it pushes hard end-to-end and stays sealed for a ball joint application. Yes, what you have...

We are in agreement, my brother. The balls on my current Kubota have a turned down thread at the ends. The threads are machined off and the end of the bolt is narrowed so it won't mushroom out and damage the threads when using the BFH. There's a certain satisfaction when separating a rusty...

Pickle forks work great but in my experience they are best when you plan to scrap the old ball joint because of how likely they will damage the dust boot. First spray the joint with KROIL. Get some sleep. Next day, use a brass bar or drift with a mallot to tap the ball joint up out of the...

I'm not liking the idea of that ball joint boot adapted to the task of tie rod boot. Yeah, polyurethane is a superior material (I'm a polymer chemist) but I'd like to see better seals at both ends of the boot. My boots on a 2021 B2601 are 11mm x 32mm x 30mm tall. 11mm allows the lip to...