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Old 21st May 2011, 02:56 AM
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Hi Guys,
What bolts are you using to hold the ball joints in the wishbones ? as the holes in the bones are way bigger than the joints

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Old 21st May 2011, 06:54 AM
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Who's front plates are you using or have you had some cut? The drawing says 11mm hole although it does say 15 rad next to it which if scanned quickly could lead to cxxk ups. The M10 and nyloc that came with the ball joint would fit just fine as long as the plates are made correctly.
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Old 21st May 2011, 06:06 PM
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Hi
The bones sre from Saturn, and the holes measure .583" and the holes in the joints measure .380"

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Old 21st May 2011, 08:04 PM
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0.583 = 14.8082mm so it looks like who ever programmed the machine misread the drawing saw 15mm which is the rad round the out side instead of cutting a 11mm hole
Moral of the storey always pull a few samples from the batch before you walk out of the door, the place I get all mine done has been caught out by RU7 & 8 before, if it's not as per the drawing I don't pay for it.
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Old 22nd May 2011, 08:45 AM
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Surely the jig would have highlighted the holes being a bit oversize
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