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Old 01-24-2020, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by vegas7o2
i bought a t5m roller and I am trying to get it running, the servo area had the servo link connected to ball stud that goes into servo horn - however the ball stud that was in this link was a larger ball head than the ones on my t6.1 and b6.1 so the link on those dont fit this, the ball head from those almost slide right in and out of this.

so my first question is does the t5m by default have a larger ball head link , and then does it hurt to go to the smaller one ? for instance get a smaller link liek the one on t6.1 and b6.1 etc. ? thanks
Between the B5, B5m, T5m and SC5m, I have had probably 15-20 vehicles in the '5' series come through here, probably even more … in that, I have seen several kinds of links used between the steering sector arm and the servo horn … however, the 91455 steering link, used with the same heavy duty ball studs used throughout the rest of the car (91047 6mm) is what you will find in all of the manuals for the '5' series, and my preference of use …

I assume the OP has solved the issue by now, but for any further readers sharing the issue, you can use ANY method/type of your choice that accomplishes the task … several of those I had seen used the small ball studs and ball cups from the B4/T4/SC10 series … use what you like, but there may be some adaption needed to make work, where the above part #'s are the stock and supplied components for anyone looking ...
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