Great idea! 8-32 steel all-thread is another great material. Screws into the 4mm plastic rods. Easy to cut and bend to prototype your own high clearance links, and plenty strong and suitable as a final part if you cover the exposed threaded area with heat shrink/hard plastic tube for looks and some slideability.

Great DIY project for those of us that just love to build their own - thank you for taking the time to put together a great video. Great job!

Carbon fiber arrow shafts will work too for lightweight applications. They are hollow so you need to make a part that fits inside the arrow shafts that is threaded for the link end

4mm all thread with a sleeve made of 5mm OD-4mm ID stainless tubing works well too.

good job bro. the drill is brilliant.

Great DIY watched it over and over good job 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋🎈🎈🎈🎈🎉🎉🎉🎉✌✌✌

Awesome video!

Heck of a lot easier to just cut them to length, drill the ends, tap them, and insert the thread rods from the axial ends kit. Or do like I do, and just buy a piece of grade 5 threaded rod and cut the inserts yourself. I've built about 15 rigs doing it this way. Your way works, but getting the grind correct without causing a weak point at the end of the grind is gonna take some practice.

It'll do that's for sure. Some advice for DIYers, be certain that the metal that you are cutting the thread on is ALL correct diameter or slightly less, never bigger. If you get near the end and haven't kept that diameter correct, you could either damage the thread cutting die, and or snap off the piece you're working on.

Thanks for sharing this great tutorial my friend! Really enjoy & love the build your own parts. Save more money. Liked & subbed! Hope to see more of your work😁👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

More advice for DIYers. I forgot this part. The recommended method for decent threads is to open up the cutting die a little using the screws in the die handle. That means releasing the two side screws and screwing in the central one a bit. Not all thread dies are split, some are solid, so you can't do it with those. But the split ones allow you to make a start cut and then a finishing cut by releasing the center screw and nipping up all screws lightly against the die. With a split die ou could even deliberately make the thread smaller than normal by doing the opposite and tightening the side screws before the center screw.

Thank you

Thank you sir...

Nice, I did this last night. Saw the video today lol

Nice rc

Nice guide! Since I got a 24 scale crawler, I was thinking i could use brass pipes and link joints from an aluminium set. Drill small holes and thread them. Then join them with pieces of threaded rod. I'm concerned the aluminium links are too small and fragile though.

Thanks

参考になりました👍🇯🇵

It's much easier using aluminium tube and stainless steel allthread. I use 6mm OD by 4mm ID aluminium tube and 4mm stainless allthread. Cut the tube to length using a tubing cutter. Cut the allthread to length with a small hacksaw and clean up the ends with a file. Insert the allthread into the aluminium tube and thread your rod ends onto the ends. If you want to put bends into the link (for steering link or high clearance lower links) the completed link can be bent with a simple brake line bending tool. Simplicity itself!!.

Great tutorial!

You haven't tried the latest Makita 18V 1/2 drill.... a little velcro works as a trigger lock ;)

Im finding it VERY difficult to start my threads. Im using a 4mmx0.5 die with 4mm stainless with a taper on the end. May just give up on making my own and dealing with the stock links on the trucks.

Hey man, great video! Could you tell me where did you got your u-joint drive shafts?

Great work! Thinking about Titanium rod for this.

I've made parts for repairs using a cordless drill and cordless dremel.

What size in MM is the thicker rod

11:01 YT-0134BU Aluminum Shock Shaft Pliers

I thought that the links have opposite threads on each end, when I replaced some on my Capra, I found one side was normal threads and the other side was left handed threads.

I like your style but how strong is that aluminum? Drilling out the link and using a grub screw is a lot stronger. Iv done what your doing props

I have both but my Dewalt is not happy about what you said in the beginning

What axials are u running

I never heard you say what size die you used to thread it

What axles are those 😮?

You dont need a grinder. You are more likely to take to much material off. Just hold a file against it while the drill is running.

Очень сложно и долго. Намного быстрее и проще делать из трубок и готовых резьбовых стержней.

Cool but a week later I can just buy a set lol

Too complicated and requires a lot of tools. Cheaper from China to order ready-made. It will be cheaper and faster.

No lathe needed...Just a drill, in a vice...that acts as a lathe...

Too much talk...