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Old 07-07-2014, 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by fmm
Hi again!

Perhaps a silly question but I am a bit confused...

I have started to build the cat and in the step 1 (lower brace) of the manual, I need to attach the 5mm pivot ball to the chassis by using 3x6mm flat head crews. When I do it, the 3x6mm flat screws are to long and there is a gap between the pivot ball and the chassis, therefore the pivot ball remain loose.... Is this normal? Or am I doing something wrong?

Thank you very much in advance!!!
Make sure you're not using a 3x8mm screw. Even with the correct 3x6mm there is very little "depth" left in the ball for your hex wrench as you get it tight, so make sure you're using a quality hex wrench. And a ball type hex wrench won't work.

When you do tighten it, make sure it's TIGHT and use loctite. You don't want to have to try and dig in there later, been there done that I thought mine was tight, and was wrong.
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