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William Sommerwerck wrote:
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Assume you've tried the obvious technique of applying rotation
to the ball joint while implementing the desired translation?


Of course. The socket is designed for tightness at the expense of ease of
movement.


And you want to defeat that design objective that keeps the device
stable under vibration.