80LikesDurango DEX210 Thread
11-15-2011, 07:33 AM
#1923
...I swapped my rear hubs. and installed the ball cups so they are straight. Ever since that change I have not popped a ball cup in the rear. I also have not popped a front in weeks.... Allaignment on the ball cups is key. Pay attention to the natural float of the ball in the ball cup...
or are people just "uncharacteristically" popping off ballcups? I'm just starting to wonder if the HD ballcups are perfectly fine.
In conclusion: line them up properly, buy Carbon Fiber steering link, and start driving better
, and I wonder if there is NO inherant issue with these HD ballcups as people are eluding to. Am I onto something? or does someone want to object and say they suck.
Last edited by panic-rev; 11-15-2011 at 07:46 AM.
11-15-2011, 07:50 AM
#1924
I popped 4 the very first night I had the car, and I haven't popped that many in the last few years... and I'm a fine driver.
11-15-2011, 07:58 AM
#1925
Where were they poppoing off from? Random places?
Did you have them lined up properly?
Stiffer CF Steering link?
We believe you on the good driver part, so yeh, it sounds like you feel something may be up, abnormal that is?
Did you have them lined up properly?
Stiffer CF Steering link?
We believe you on the good driver part, so yeh, it sounds like you feel something may be up, abnormal that is?
11-15-2011, 08:17 AM
#1926
So along with this post too....
So could it be that it's just the rear alignment then? and maybe the front steering ones are caused by a flexy steering link (discussed a few pages back)?
or are people just "uncharacteristically" popping off ballcups? I'm just starting to wonder if the HD ballcups are perfectly fine.
In conclusion: line them up properly, buy Carbon Fiber steering link, and start driving better, and I wonder if there is NO inherant issue with these HD ballcups as people are eluding to. Am I onto something? or does someone want to object and say they suck.
So could it be that it's just the rear alignment then? and maybe the front steering ones are caused by a flexy steering link (discussed a few pages back)?
or are people just "uncharacteristically" popping off ballcups? I'm just starting to wonder if the HD ballcups are perfectly fine.
In conclusion: line them up properly, buy Carbon Fiber steering link, and start driving better
, and I wonder if there is NO inherant issue with these HD ballcups as people are eluding to. Am I onto something? or does someone want to object and say they suck.
11-15-2011, 08:25 AM
#1927
I have yet to pop a ball cup off that shouldn't have been. While letting another driver drive my car he cased the tripple with just the rear tire at an angle...popped ball cup. Haven't popped one off since.
Regardless if you don't like the stock ball cups new ones can be chosen, your choice.
My Dex210 has been great from day one. Take the time to build the car properly and you will likely have no issues.
Regardless if you don't like the stock ball cups new ones can be chosen, your choice.
My Dex210 has been great from day one. Take the time to build the car properly and you will likely have no issues.
11-15-2011, 08:29 AM
#1928
Maybe some HD ballcups are worse than others, and those of us that pop them off just by looking at them funny got unlucky with the cups that were included in our kits.... who knows.. but I do know that I went from the HDs, to the older ones, and the problem vanished.
11-15-2011, 08:33 AM
#1929
STORMER HAS DEX210 IN STOCK
Get on it gents! STORMER is reporting (3) still in stock this morning.
***ON THE BALL CUP FRONT***
Do not use a hex wrench through the ball cup hole as a T handle to thread your cups onto the turnbuckles. It will stretch it out! As genious as that design appeared it was not intended to run a wrench through.
***ON THE BALL CUP FRONT***
Do not use a hex wrench through the ball cup hole as a T handle to thread your cups onto the turnbuckles. It will stretch it out! As genious as that design appeared it was not intended to run a wrench through.
11-15-2011, 08:59 AM
#1931
Spares are in just placed my order for some!!
11-15-2011, 09:43 AM
#1932
I think the reason the ballcups are popping off is because after they are built according to the instructions they are pretty tight. So when adjusting camber the ballcup falls off the ballstud which weakens the snap and stretches out the ballcup.
Try pre-tapping them (I know - more work, but worth it) and then use a little grease on the threads on final assembly. It will be much easier to adjust when on the car and won't strain the ball cups.
Try pre-tapping them (I know - more work, but worth it) and then use a little grease on the threads on final assembly. It will be much easier to adjust when on the car and won't strain the ball cups.
11-15-2011, 09:44 AM
#1933
I think the reason the ballcups are popping off is because after they are built according to the instructions, they are not easy to adjust and the ballcup falls off the ballstud which weakens the snap and stretches out the ballcup.
Try pre-tapping them (I know - more work, but worth it) and then use a little grease on the threads on final assembly. It will be much easier to adjust when on the car and won't strain the ball cups.
Try pre-tapping them (I know - more work, but worth it) and then use a little grease on the threads on final assembly. It will be much easier to adjust when on the car and won't strain the ball cups.
