Just mechanics
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Serves a purpose on a Lambros Cue.
LOL Not to get this off on the wrong foot on this topic.
The pilot is a guide to position the shaft ................................nothing else
The bolt on something that is piloted, is to hold the two pieces together and not to align.
On a cue that has a piloted shaft the pin is not free floating it is fixed.
Because the pin is fixed it also align the shaft.
The pilot is also aligning the shaft too and the pilots soul purpose is to only align the shaft.
Why do you need the fixed pin and the pilot system to align the shaft ?
Because the pin is fixed or not movable and the pilot system isn't going to move either I don't see how its possible that the pin and the piloted joint don't actually create stress between the two alignment systems .
I don't know how many of you guys have ever Dialed in a bell housing.
But it only has one aligning system and that is the pilot dowels .
The bolts hold the housing in place and the dowel pins guild the housing into its proper place ....