I've done that, it seems to help. I guess my real question is with that ball end - looking thing. There is a ball-end connected to a collar at the end of that rod, and there is a ball-cup (for lack of a better word, it's the same thing that's on the bottom of the shocks) that isn't on there. The two look like they would normally be connected, but when I put the ball in the cup, I can't get the linkage to work without putting a lot of pressure on the rod. It's probably impossible to follow this, sorry if I lost you.