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Old 10-04-2012 | 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by DJ_KILROY
It wasn't the ball joint popping, it was the threaded rod pulling out of the ball cup.. I'm about to order some new ones anyway as the ones I have are pretty old.

I wrecked 2 of them in about 10 mins of track time and was shocked that they didn't pop before the rod pulled out.
put a drop of CA on the threads and put the ends on.

step 1 put a drop of ca on the end of the rod WITHOUT the hex, then screw the rod into the cup.
step 2 put a drop on the other side and put the end on and tighten until 2mm gap.

I had to do the same thing in my sc10.
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