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04-20-2016, 05:48 PM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Big Island
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|  Jato Rod End - odd balls?
I got my first pack of Jato rod ends today (traxxas 5525) and four of the balls are different from anything I've seen before. Is this just a different design or are they mis-formed? I don't have calipers right now to measure with but a ruler shows they're about 8mm tall. Normal on the right, oddballs on the left.  |
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04-20-2016, 05:53 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Big Island
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| Re: Jato Rod End - odd balls?
Well I just answered my own question. Digging through some Google images shows that indeed some of the balls have a different design. Weird.
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04-20-2016, 06:23 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: In the Sticks in the Ozarks
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| Re: Jato Rod End - odd balls?
Traxxas does that so you can fine tune their independent suspensions slightly by using different hollow balls. My Revo uses 2 or 3 different offsets on the front and rear-ends. I thought they were kind of strange when I first noticed them too.  |
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04-20-2016, 06:26 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Corruptifornia
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| Re: Jato Rod End - odd balls?
That's how they are supposed to be and I like them for fine tuning link placement (rod end mount width if double shear), great building and tuning tool. |
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04-21-2016, 05:57 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Streamwood, IL
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| Re: Jato Rod End - odd balls?
^ Same as above responses, I used the shorter balls with my links to fit in the lower link mounts on the AR-60 Axles.
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04-21-2016, 06:19 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tri-cities, WA
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| Re: Jato Rod End - odd balls?
I like to use the taller balls when the link is in single sheer since the one end is too large for the rod end to slide off of. Saves me from using an additional flat washer that can get misplaced or forgotten.
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04-21-2016, 06:22 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Big Island
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04-21-2016, 06:27 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tri-cities, WA
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04-21-2016, 06:39 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2011 Location: at home
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| Re: Jato Rod End - odd balls?
amazing what a person can learn around here thanks |
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