[ODE] AMotor and joint limits

[jnilson_99 at yahoo.com]

hi all,

i've finally gotten an amotor and a ball/socket joint
working as i would expect.

however, i'm now powering through the joint limits
that i've set.(which is bad)

i don't have the problem when i try an amotor with a
universal joint. a universal joint respects the hi/lo
stops correctly. whereas with a ball/socket joint when
i hit a stop the amotor keeps creeping into the stop.
the ball/socket joint can't effectively stop the power
of the amotor.

this makes me think that since ball/socket joints
don't have any intrinsic hi/lo stops, the amotor stops
that i'm setting aren't enough to stop the joint.

has anyone had any success setting hi/lo stops for
ball/socket joints without using an amotor?

thanks,

john