Selfmade tool

[Tractorhead 9,064]

Need to revise my Daily Driver today.

for this issue i built myself a simple but cool Tool.

 

 

What‘s it for? Guess....

 

Felt a rapidly increasing play in fast corners on the steering wheel and in stronger corners I hear a click, click ...
The car develops a massive life of its own in fast corners.

I assumed it would be the driveshafts and tie rod joints, but finding a cheap complete set I bought the whole thing.

 

Most of the parts were delivered promptly, except for the brake discs.

Since the lower ball joints were still good and the wheel bearings as well, I decided to save them for later.

 

 

When replacing the tie rod ends, I only found a self-locking nut.

 

 

I once had an almost catastrophe because such a mother had completely dissolved while fast driving i ain‘t trust them allone further.
That's why I really want to have a safety pin inside.

 

the old ones also didn‘t have the holes, so i made it myself but it is not allway‘s easy to drill exactly in a thread.

 

but since also this new version didn't have a hole for it, I needed again my „tool“ to set the hole precisely in a thread.

 

ok, somebody may say hey disassemble it put it in a Drillpress and do the Job, but i‘m still on the Car and want waste that Time,
so i quickly made this jig out of an old piece of pipe.

Luckily i throwed it in my Toolbox and luckily i found it again J.i t.

Now it’s a simple Job, just slide it over the thread

 

 

Set the center of the Hole into the thread

 

 

and finally drill the hole.

After the threads have been countersunk, you can remove the tool and drill the hole completely.

easy and simple and repeatable at any time.

 

 

hope that simple trick will help somebody someday.

[ri702bill 8,327]

aka a "Gazover" tool - not to be confused with its cousin, the "Gazinta" Like muffler and tail pipe cutters.

Bill

[ebinmaine 67,592]

5 hours ago, ri702bill said:

Gazover

Can also be called a "Gazonta" in some regions.  

[ri702bill 8,327]

12 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Can also be called a "Gazonta" in some regions.

You mean regions that use the word "ayuhh"??