Have you ever not had the right tool for the job but managed to cobble something together that worked?
I have just finished extending the threads on my suspension mount studs. The front ones were easy but the back studs were a problem as the chassis was in the way of the dia holder. To solve this I bought a dia nut (this is a dia that is a hex shape rather than circular so you can use a socket, extension and T-bar instead of the strandard dia holder.
This worked fine until the stud hit the end of the socket. To get round this I machined the inside of an old imperial socket (I had a couple of the same size) so I could pressure fit the dia holding socket inside it. An incidental bonus was that the stud just fitted inside the1/2" hole in the end of the socket and this kept the socket and dia straight.
I have just finished extending the threads on my suspension mount studs. The front ones were easy but the back studs were a problem as the chassis was in the way of the dia holder. To solve this I bought a dia nut (this is a dia that is a hex shape rather than circular so you can use a socket, extension and T-bar instead of the strandard dia holder.
This worked fine until the stud hit the end of the socket. To get round this I machined the inside of an old imperial socket (I had a couple of the same size) so I could pressure fit the dia holding socket inside it. An incidental bonus was that the stud just fitted inside the1/2" hole in the end of the socket and this kept the socket and dia straight.