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Re: [TR] TR2/3 ball joint installation problems

To: Joe Brown <jbbrown1980@gmail.com>, Steve Laifman
Subject: Re: [TR] TR2/3 ball joint installation problems
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:10:16 -0700
> btw, i bought lower trunnions from 
> a supplier and
> find them incredibly stiff.B  it almost feels as though the 
> thead inside is
> wrong.B  anyone else have this problem?

I have seen it; caused by the threads on the vertical link being distorted.
Turned fine in the old, worn out trunnion, but bound up in the new one.

I haven't seen a trunnion with the wrong threads cut in it, but that is
certainly a possibility as well.  "Far Eastern" suppliers typically only
have metric threads on their machine tools, and sometimes use an
approximation to the specified threads.

Randall
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