Originally Posted by
StuartC
Quick question.
Just rebuilt my L4 (for the hell of it) and have noticed that the captive balls in the T-bar "float" up and down a little bit. There doesn't seem to be any side to side play so shouldn't cause any crabbing problems, but will the up and down float cause any issues? We're only talking 0.25mm here, but would it be enough to cause any problems while in use? Or am I being too paranoid?
Stu
You can also take the cups apart and very lightly sand the two flat surfaces that meet together to capture the pivot ball. Be careful not to take off too much as the ball will be too tight and that is not good either. It's a trial and error thing. Do a couple of swipes on a piece of #1000 sand paper on a flat surface and screw it all back together and see how much of the play you removed. It there is still too much play, then repeat the process only doing a couple of passes on the sand paper at a time until all of the play is removed but the ball moves freely.