RPM 1,190 Report post Posted December 8, 2020 I know a couple of y'all have rebuilt the ball felt with velcro. My question is did you have to remove the ball from the socket? If so, how'd you do it and reinstall it? Did you drill out the small rivet looking thingies? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 90 Report post Posted December 8, 2020 I removed the ball from the socket. I drilled out the stud and tapped it to a very small flat head screw. You should only have to do 2 of the studs as the third it will just slide out of. I also had to take the Velcro and use a pair of shears to trim down the thickness so the ball wasn’t so tight to turn when reassembled. Not sure of anyone else had to do that but without doing it I’m sure the ball would have broke if I tried to turn it as it was very tight. 1 RPM reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted December 8, 2020 I also drilled out and tapped the screws. Not hard to do at all. I used felt as well. 1 RPM reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted December 8, 2020 Thanks guys. I try to now think first and screw it up later :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlife 814 Report post Posted December 9, 2020 6 hours ago, RPM said: Thanks guys. I try to now think first and screw it up later :) What fun is that? 1 1 JayEstes and RPM reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JayEstes 172 Report post Posted December 9, 2020 okay one caution - maybe the other guys didn't have the problem I did, but I ground off the rivets (which are steel I believe) - no problem. then I cleaned and prepped everything and put in the velcro - no problem. However, the housings that the rivets were inserted into are pot metal (very soft) much softer than the steel rivets. So when I went to drill them out and tap for new screws, my drill slid off the center of the steel rivet and went down into the soft pot-metal. This caused them to be misaligned a little, and it was less than satisfying (thats what she said). perhaps if I had drilled out the rivets all the way down instead of grinding initially, everything woulda been groovy. Anyway - don't just grind off the heads - drill out the steel rivets while you can - right up front of the activity. 2 RPM and bigmal reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TexasEd 188 Report post Posted December 14, 2020 On 12/7/2020 at 9:29 PM, Kris said: I removed the ball from the socket. I drilled out the stud and tapped it to a very small flat head screw. You should only have to do 2 of the studs as the third it will just slide out of. I also had to take the Velcro and use a pair of shears to trim down the thickness so the ball wasn’t so tight to turn when reassembled. Not sure of anyone else had to do that but without doing it I’m sure the ball would have broke if I tried to turn it as it was very tight. Thinking one of those sweater fuzzball trimmers or an electric razor might work for this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted December 14, 2020 I used sticky back felt from McMaster Carr and the fit was great! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caseyrhe 650 Report post Posted December 14, 2020 I just pulled them out, on both the 69 and 70. Replaced felt and then popped them in Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted December 14, 2020 7 hours ago, Caseyrhe said: I just pulled them out, on both the 69 and 70. Replaced felt and then popped them in Without removing the rivets? Did you pull them out the front of back? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caseyrhe 650 Report post Posted December 15, 2020 Front, without touching rivets. Control ball has to be turned as if to stop flow 4 stangs-R-me, JayEstes, Mach1 Driver and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted December 15, 2020 That is really good info Casey. Thanks bro. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites