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Originally Posted by mbtoloczko
Yep, I agree that there are limits to dropping the ball joint stud below the OEM location. My feeling is that it could be dropped up to 1/4" without significantly weakening the connection. If I do it this way, I'll make a collar for the exposed portion of the stud, and I'd probably make a little post to drop into the pinch bolt area so that the clamp doesn't get deformed because there is nothing to grip. The other option would be to make an adapter clamps to the stud and then has its own stud that goes into the pinch bolt. The adapter would need to be pretty long though, and I imagine that it would drop the ball joint by at least an inch which would most likely be too much of a drop.
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Sounds like we need some Aerospace-quality material... 
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