SSSF
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I have bought many new rear hub carriers because the ball stud just got pulled out of it.
I even bought the upgraded aluminum version to solve this problem (that indeed works).
Since I have multiple cars (vortex and raider) I never bought aluminum for all.
Today I had to swap out my gearbox with a new one (due to ball bearing failure that trashed all internals in 10 seconds). Then I found that the ball stud connected to the gearbox is 3mm longer compared to the one on the hub carrier, see image:
If you use this longer ball stud in the hub carrier you can screw on a m3 nut on the other side, making sure it never gets pulled out any more. See next image:
I should have used washer, but I did not have it lying around.
So just use the longer ball stud (AR330009) in stead of the original AR330171.
This mod will work on: Vortex, Granite, Raider and Fury
I even bought the upgraded aluminum version to solve this problem (that indeed works).
Since I have multiple cars (vortex and raider) I never bought aluminum for all.
Today I had to swap out my gearbox with a new one (due to ball bearing failure that trashed all internals in 10 seconds). Then I found that the ball stud connected to the gearbox is 3mm longer compared to the one on the hub carrier, see image:
If you use this longer ball stud in the hub carrier you can screw on a m3 nut on the other side, making sure it never gets pulled out any more. See next image:
I should have used washer, but I did not have it lying around.
So just use the longer ball stud (AR330009) in stead of the original AR330171.
This mod will work on: Vortex, Granite, Raider and Fury
