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Installing the Ball-Joint Delta Arms

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  1. Press a Ball Joint Arm on to two of the mounting posts on the under side of the Ball Joint Platform. Fix in place using two #4, 3/8" machine screws and two #4 flat washers. Repeat for the other two mounting locations as shown in the third image.

    • Press a Ball Joint Arm on to two of the mounting posts on the under side of the Ball Joint Platform.

    • Fix in place using two #4, 3/8" machine screws and two #4 flat washers.

    • Repeat for the other two mounting locations as shown in the third image.

  2. Attach a Ball Joint Arm to the ball joints on the carriage as shown. As you press the socket over the ball on the carriage, you'll hear a faint "click" as it locks into place. Attach the Ball Joint Platform you assembled previously to the other ends of the arms as shown.

    • Attach a Ball Joint Arm to the ball joints on the carriage as shown. As you press the socket over the ball on the carriage, you'll hear a faint "click" as it locks into place.

    • Attach the Ball Joint Platform you assembled previously to the other ends of the arms as shown.

  3. Insert the end of the tension spring into the keyhole notch in the arm as shown. Gently stretch the spring across to the opposite arm and latch it into the keyhole notch. Perform this step at both tension spring locations - the "top" end at the carriage and the "bottom" end at the Ball Joint Platform.

    • Insert the end of the tension spring into the keyhole notch in the arm as shown.

    • Gently stretch the spring across to the opposite arm and latch it into the keyhole notch.

    • Perform this step at both tension spring locations - the "top" end at the carriage and the "bottom" end at the Ball Joint Platform.

    • Repeat this and the previous step for the other two pairs of arms.

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