Paul, I'm putting together an order for McMaster Carr. It seems they
no longer carry the rod ends you recommend. Or I'm trying to find
the wrong part. Do you sepc the male of female threads? I got one of
the male RH threads to load into my cart and it was $86(PN6088K151).
The male LH thread pn wouldn't show up, but cross referenced to a
composite bodied part (1064K562) with a 101lb load rating. Any
thoughts on an alternate supplier?
C. Smith

I just found that out a few days ago.

I used to use the male version

There is a company called Midwest controls.
http://www.midwestcontrol.com/series.php?id=107
They sell a female version  which will work fine.
I have not got a price yet.  I was going to do that next week.

I bought some 1/2-20 threaded rod from McMaster and that came in.
It is not LH and RH so you cannot adjust the down thrust angle
easily. The up side is it cannot vibrated out of the rod end
which is a small safety feature.

BTW the Questair Venture uses solid version with an TIO 550 and
nobody complains about noise or vibration.

Let us know the price. If there is a price break around 10 let me
know as we could go in with a joint buy.

One the other hand if the price is $86 each. I'll make a better
version :)

Paul Lamar


For an inexpensive adjustment for angle of attack, get a turnbuckle from a
hardware store. Cut the center out and weld the threaded ends to tube of
choice. The "bolt" thread ends in LH and RH can be welded to your choice of
end: To the side of a piece of pipe that will accept the engine mount rubber
bushings.

Dale Davies


Sounds like 6 of one and a half a dozen of another, except I'm using rated
hardware vs unknowns from local X.
I'll pay $3  to 30 extra for rated hardware of known strength and quality. You're still cutting and welding. Your results may vary.
C. Smith.