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The Artist formerly known as Turbo84
I've rounded up most all the material I need to fabricate the new Z-bracket, along with steel material to make a jig for the welding process. I'll be putting short steel sleeves in the ends of the aluminum tube where the assembly rotates on the ball studs. I have two unanswered questions/issues yet:
1) I still have to figure out how much interference fit is needed/appropriate for the steel end sleeves.
2) I need to fabricate a snap ring (inner) groove in the left side sleeve. I haven't come up with a more clever way yet other than using a Dremel tool and a small diameter cutting wheel to cut the groove in the .750" ID steel sleeve. My labor rate is pretty cheap, but I'd still like to minimize the man-hours if I can.
Pictures to follow once I get to a point where there's anything interesting to look at.
1) I still have to figure out how much interference fit is needed/appropriate for the steel end sleeves.
2) I need to fabricate a snap ring (inner) groove in the left side sleeve. I haven't come up with a more clever way yet other than using a Dremel tool and a small diameter cutting wheel to cut the groove in the .750" ID steel sleeve. My labor rate is pretty cheap, but I'd still like to minimize the man-hours if I can.
Pictures to follow once I get to a point where there's anything interesting to look at.