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Old 04-05-2006, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Richard Hudgins
Which ball joint are you referring to?

If you mean the spherical unit on the race chassis, I think that we have different opinions about dodgy.

The bearing that I use has a radial load rating of 55,696 lbs. and an axial load rating of 19340 lbs.
I'm sure you know a lot more about this than I, it was a rather flippant remark; I have no doubts about the strength of your bearing but feeding all the suspension forces as a cyclic bending force through the threaded portion of the bearing does make me wonder.
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