Quick and dirty fix for hood release cable guide sleeves

[Jake Spoon]

Hi Huw,

Drilling a bolt was my first thought;  however, even unhardened steel bolts
are more than an old rechargeable Makita can take.  You'd need a drill press
for that.  I used an aluminum screw post because it was partly drilled, and
tapped, over half way through;  and, last but not least, aluminum is much
softer.

Actually, the end result was far better than I expected, for small drill
bits tend to bend if not supported well.  And, the stroke of genius? was to
use the original nylon cap end as a washer.

I suspect that the aluminum would wear as well as the nylon, for the wear of
steel against aluminum is minimal.

Cheers!

Jim Jordan

On 9/11/06, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:
>
> > While fiddling around with getting replacement guide sleeves I derived a
> > cheap and dirty work around that may be as good as the replacements. I
> got
> > an aluminum screw post in the specialty section of OSH(Orchard Supply
> > Hardware).  It was nominally 1" long and had an OD of ~3/16", about the
> same
> > as the small OD of the broken sleeve.  I drilled through from the
> threaded
> > end of the screw post with a 1/8" bit making a hole through the head of
> the
> > post.  Then I drilled through from the clamp side of the sleeve, the big
> > end, with a bit the same size as the screw post OD, tapped the screw
> post
> > through the head of the broken guide sleeve, and voila, a working guide
> > sleeve.
> >
> > I used regular tools, hand drill, etc.  Could be done better with a
> drill
> > press, but then I could make them with a small lathe.
>
> Glad you came up with a temporary (permanent?) fix - though, wouldn't it
> have been easier to just drill a hole through a bolt?
>
> --
> Huw Powell
>
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>
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>