The BAD AST Project - Faze II

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Got home from work tonight, scarfed down some dinner and headed out to the shop (after I took out the garbage...). Had this mounting boss in my head and I had to get it out...
I grabbed a hunk of 3/4 dia. steel bar stock and cut off a piece about a 1/2 inch long.

Chucked it up in the lathe, ran in a center drill to get a nice chamfer and through drilled it with a #25 bit for the 10-24 tap.

The above pic is with no flash on my Sony Mavica.
This one is with the flash...

Cool.
The center drill leaves a nice chamfer to ease starting the tap. This guides the tap straight into the hole...

Took a few minutes to run the tap thru the block. it is a lot easier if you use a cutting fluid when drilling or tapping small holes. I use Tap-Magic and Cool Tool, both work very well on steel and non-ferrous.


This is where I decided to weld on the boss. Locates the line in three directions and is out of the way.

I did check driver clearance to that upper control arm bolt. No worries, plenty of room. The suspension is designed to run in the top hole but you never know.




Well, that's what I got done tonight. How about you?
Thanks for looking
Mark