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C10Slim · 10-05-2009, 05:33 PM

So I ordered a power disc setup with drop spindles from POL. The bottom ball joint slid into the spindle and I was able to put the casel nut on with no problems. The upper ball joint on the other hand I had to crank the hell out of to get the castle nut up far enough to get the cotter pin in. I mean I literally had to use a breaker bar to turn the nut so no way does it meet the factory tq specs. The spindle does move freely though. Should I be concerned with this?

The nut is on there and locked into place, but don't know what kind of problems I may have.

10-05-2009, 05:33 PM	#1
C10Slim Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Needville, TX Posts: 283	Upper ball joint question So I ordered a power disc setup with drop spindles from POL. The bottom ball joint slid into the spindle and I was able to put the casel nut on with no problems. The upper ball joint on the other hand I had to crank the hell out of to get the castle nut up far enough to get the cotter pin in. I mean I literally had to use a breaker bar to turn the nut so no way does it meet the factory tq specs. The spindle does move freely though. Should I be concerned with this? The nut is on there and locked into place, but don't know what kind of problems I may have.



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