wow the last idea with the valcro is perfect good find, im going to use that idea now since i figured out the last time i put the shaft through the opposite way on my ve8, i firstly put the rod end on then put it through the o-rings (not thinking about how much damage it would have done to the o-rings) then pushed it through and it tore all the o-rings, i went to fill them up and found them piss leaking something terrible