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 | Subject: Check your ball-joint bolts. Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:53 pm | |
| I found 4 out of 4 loose. The joints are cross-drilled to accept the cotter-pins in two different places. All it takes is a 19mm wrench. You can check them without removing the cotter-it, will be quite noticable. |
|  | | rcmass

Number of posts : 999 Registration date : 2008-02-01 Age : 46 Location : Catawba, NC
 | Subject: Re: Check your ball-joint bolts. Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:33 am | |
| Ridepate has OFFICIALLY discovered frist hand THE WEAKEST link of the RHINO.... the entire drive and steering attachments.... | |
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 | Subject: Re: Check your ball-joint bolts. Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:41 am | |
| No kidding man. I've figured it will take at least 1k to make the Rhino front-end raceable. Rack,rods,splidles, no thanks. I may go another route completely in the next few months..... |
|  | | jimrs

Number of posts : 24 Registration date : 2008-06-10 Age : 80 Location : Elm Grove, Louisiana
 | Subject: Re: Check your ball-joint bolts. Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:46 am | |
| I have read that on other sites about loose ball joints on the '08 rhino's. I have not checked mine but will get it done this week. I also had a friend tell me his were loose on his '08 rhino this last week end. It would be a good idea to check them and tighten them up. | |
|  | | GunRunner SSXSRider Member

Number of posts : 5296 Registration date : 2008-01-22 Age : 69 Location : North Georgia,
 | Subject: Re: Check your ball-joint bolts. Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:06 am | |
| red locktite! will keep them tight. | |
|  | | rcmass

Number of posts : 999 Registration date : 2008-02-01 Age : 46 Location : Catawba, NC
 | Subject: Re: Check your ball-joint bolts. Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:38 pm | |
| the only problem gunny - is that is just a small problem for the big pic...
RIDEPATE is right - to race these things COMPETITIVELY you have to make the front end beefier... but that means going out of the Lites class and into a whole another arena - and Im with pate here too, if you are going to go to that much trouble - might wanna think another option.
I for one have decided to stay LITE, race when I can, but not set the entire machine up around it.... | |
|  | | wvyankee2 SSXSRider Member

Number of posts : 10318 Registration date : 2008-01-22 Age : 63 Location : Cabell Co., West Virginia
 | Subject: Re: Check your ball-joint bolts. Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:54 pm | |
| Remember guys. Only tighten to 22 ft/lbs.  | |
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