Bob White wrote:

Hi Russell,

That's pretty much the way I built mine, but you only need one jam
nut. If one end can't turn, the other one can't either.  I also
drilled out a nut and welded it to the center of the rod.  That
lets me turn the rod with a wrench.

I suggested two jam nuts (one at either end) simply from a belt &
suspenders point-of-view.

Good idea on welding the hollow nut to the center of the rod.

I looked high & low for either a pre-threaded rod or a long coupling
nut(with left- and right-hand threads) but couldn't find one.  I
even considered a large turnbuckle. Bill Schertz's photo shows
exactly the sort of thing I was hunting.  Where did you get it,
Bill?

Russell Kent

Bob White wrote:

Hi Russell,

I had the rod made at a local machine shop.  Then after Paul advised me
to change the tie rods brackets, I built new brackets that made the rod
too long.  So, I cut the right hand thread end off and threaded it with
a tap.  (I don't have a LH tap.)

The attached photo with the aluminum pieces is my initial mockup.  The
second photo shows the final rear bracket made out of 4130.

Bob White

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Wow that really looks cannon proof. How thick is that 4130 Bob?

Paul Lamar
 
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