Jamin: I have one,
very major gripe. After getting 5 turnbuckles mounted on the
truck I could not get one ball joint on the last shaft. I
swapped ball joints and the other one wouldn’t go on either.
This was for the lefty-tighty thread. It would just not thread
anything on to it. I’m not sure if it was tapped wrong, but
nothing, and no amount of pressure or force would get that ball
end on. The good news is that the titanium shaft never bent – in
never even came out of true. I was finally able to get the ball
end on by clamping the end into a vice and putting the shaft
into a drill and forcing it on. It still never threaded. It just
went on enough that it wouldn’t fall off. Now when I adjust that
turnbuckle that side just twists and the other side does all the
adjusting. Oh well, it’s on now.
Dan: I didn't have
that problem with my turnbuckles, but there was something weird
going on with Jamin's for sure. I love the Ti turnbuckles,
they get no complaints from me. However my thumbs are raw
from screwing on all those ball cups! There has to be a
better way to put those things on that doesn't hurt your fingers
so much. At least when they're on, they're on for good.
And the adjustment factor is great. Camber can easily be
adjusted on the both the front and rear wheels and the amount of
toe-in toe-out can easily be adjusted on the front. I like
'em a lot.
Jamin:
They're berna!
Dan:
But I have to add one gripe, the other day after installing my
HS-81MG, I was adjusting the toe-in to give me a little more
toe-out and after cranking the turnbuckle over a few times
everything looked perfect - until I tried to to turn. The
left wheel didn't want to turn. I couldn't figure out what
was up. After fiddling around with it for a while, I
realized that when I tightened the turnbuckle, it threaded into
the ball cup far enough to actually pinch the ball cup around
the ball stud. The ball cups should have been threaded all
the way through allowing more range of depth of the turnbuckle
into the ball cup. As long as you keep the depth of the
threads of the turnbuckle in check, and equal on both ball cups,
everything should work out fine. That's easier said than
done unfortunately.
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Sticky shock motion or sticky turning
may be the result of a pinched ball cup on a ball stud from a turnbuckle that's
threaded in too deep. |
Jamin: Over all, these
were a welcome addition. The adjustment is needed so that you
can change the shock stiffness and still maintain maximum grip
on the tires. Or if you change the wheel/tire diameter.
Dan: If you don't
already have them, go out and get a set. You will be very
happy with them.
