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Ball Joints,
Case Study
Executive Summary
A prospective customer was having sourcing, quality, assembly and maintenance issues with some of the ball joint components used on the front suspension of rugged utility vehicles. CCTY Bearing Company designed a solution that eliminated the ball joint issues, which also proved to be:
- Less expensive
- Cleaner and faster to assemble on the production line
- Easier to source by consolidating three part numbers
- More reliable than previous parts
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Ball Joints
Looking for more information about tolerance stack ups in ball joints?
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Ball Joints
Ever try to move a ball joint but it’s too stiff … or too loose? The wide range rotational torque values can be attributed to tolerance stack up.
Tractors and combines, along with hay balers and harvesters, have many moving parts that are made possible with bearings and ball joints. To maintain these heavy-duty machines under optimal performance conditions, special attention to bearing lubrication is necessary.
