Allstar Performance recently released these clever Take-Apart Low Friction Ball Joints. They offer a great degree of adjustability while also making it easy to service them. Plus, they hold up better when you bang wheels or the wall.
“We went with a slightly harder pin,” said Curt Spalding, of Allstar Performance. “I use the word ‘slightly,’ as you don’t want them so hard that it breaks other stuff. They will still bend in a hard impact, but they’re slightly harder so they hold up better with the demands of regular racing.”
In case you do need to service the pin, you can easily take off the housing’s cap.
“We wanted it to where you needed no fancy tools,” Spalding said. “If you have an Allen wrench or a hex key, you’re in business. It’s easy to remove the set screws, and then you turn the cap and it’s ready for servicing. It’s the same thing for putting it back together. You turn the cap by hand, bottom it out, and turn it back one click of where you put your set screws, and you’re good to go. It’s something very simple and you can have it apart and back together within seconds.”
The ball joints come in basically a modular design. Want to only change the pin to adjust roll center? Or, perhaps, a wreck damaged only the pin. No problem. You can buy the pin alone. Likewise, the housing and housing caps can be purchased separately, too.
“More and more racers are adjusting roll centers for different conditions,” said Spalding. “You can switch pins out — and, for example, change them to a half inch shorter or taller — faster than you could ever have. From a setup aspect, it’s very nice.”
Allstar Performance offers the Take-Apart Low Friction Ball Joints for upper and lowers, screw-in or press-in, with a range of sizes, pin lengths, and tapers.
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Allstar Performance
Watervliet, Michigan
269-463-8000
allstarperformance.com
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