Polaris Sportsman 700 front ball joint tool

(Preface: I got flagged for having a song playing in the background. I had Youtube remove the song from the video so it might sound odd.)

I needed to do a few things on the Sportsman 700, all of it precipitated by installing new, heavier front springs to accommodate the beefy snow plow I purchased. I wanted a little less drop in the front end when I pick the plow up off the ground using the winch. In any case, I found a couple other things that should be done, the ball joints being one issue. I never worked on one of these ATVs but after a bit of disassembly and looking for ball joints that were offered with the balll joint tool it was obvious that the tool appeared worth the money. Just for fun I tried to remove one of the ball joints with a heavy slide hammer and that was a no-go. Get the tool. Anyway, all the parts included the ball joints, two front discs, new left and right tie rods and ends, heavier front springs and two front drive axles, the new front axles just so I wouldn't have to deal with installing new boots.

All the parts were sourced on Amazon and/or Ebay and it sure doesn't look like any of the parts are different from the others unless you find some parts that are specifically noted as Polaris or some other well known source. I went with the cheap stuff noting that I'm not all that hard on my machines.

The springs came from Revzilla as they had the best pricing on the EPI Performance Heavy Duty Springs for this Sportsman 700.