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In Reply to: RE: Here's one approach posted by Byrd69 on October 23, 2020 at 18:14:11
the local Home Despot has a mediocre but commercial selection of nuts and bolts. Even some overpriced stainless.
But if you go in with an 'unknown'? They have a place with labels....to give it a test screw. One section SAE and the other for Metric. That narrows it down fairly quickly.
I have a thread pitch gauge out in the box with the tap / die set.
Too much is never enough
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It's just a hole in the casting. May be tapered inward slightly. It's hard to tell. Kinda crude looking.
Your interest may vary but the results are the same (Byrd 2020)
I can't compete with the dead. (Buck W. 2010)
Cowards can't be heroes. (Byrd 2017)
you're overthinking this IMO, do the brass washers with O rings mod & be happy ... a dibble of silicone between the washers to damp and cohere will help ... I'd wager you'll not revisit this project in your lifetime
with regards,
You're right.
...a few trips back and forth to the garage and it's done, for the time being.
It's level, the suspension has a good amount of play, the posts are not way out of whack from each other, and it turns nice. I can tell there's some weakening of the springs but I'm able to adjust for it.
Time to oil it up and put it into play. I'll be selling it, so I'll pretty up the cob job so it doesn't look so much like a cob job.
Your interest may vary but the results are the same (Byrd 2020)
I can't compete with the dead. (Buck W. 2010)
Cowards can't be heroes. (Byrd 2017)
sweet!
if you can shrink wrap those washers it will look like the factory did it!
with regards,
You can use a 'self tapping' screw for metal
OR
Drill to whatever next size up is that if the size for a tap. Make it Metric OR SAE......
For example? a #7 drill for 1/4-20
consult a chart. Depending on the material, you may want a deep thread (90%) or less......
right now? I'm drilling in a VERY hard industrial Lexan and tapping 1/4-20. I'm using a 13/64 bit since I don't have 'number' or 'letter' bits. Enough thread engagement for my purpose......
Too much is never enough
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