Recently did a boot swap on the old 700 Grizz and found a boogered up thread on the top knuckle ball joint.

Can I just order the part and replace this piece myself or does this have to be done by a prof. mechanic? What tool do I use to get it out? Some kind of press maybe?

PS Please excuse my posting this in a non-yamaha forum but as a new guy this topic seems like it might be common to other atvs as well.

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