Can this tool be home made?

[atikovi]

https://vw.snapon.com/SpecialToolsDetail.aspx?itemId=19630123

Out of stock here or $30 on Ebay. Looks like just a pair of bolts with their heads cut off and slots ground into them.

 

[plinker]

I've made similar guide pins by cutting off grade 8 bolt heads and slotting them with a cut off wheel, they were 3/4-16 though and didnt need to be pretty. Someone with a mill could make them easily I'd think.

 

[Rlfd213]

Yeah those are easy. I think this tool falls under the there is a sucker born every day.

 

[atikovi]

Yeah those are easy. I think this tool falls under the there is a sucker born every day.

Then this one must be the titanium version? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Volkswagen...669683&hash=item4b11a698af:g:PJQAAOSwUKxYdUHo

 

[rlitman]

...Someone with a mill could make them easily I'd think.

I own a mill. I'd just use a hacksaw and file. It can't take more than a minute a bolt.

 

[WWheeler]

If you have easy access to that size bolt and threads then yeah, but I'd much rather be the 'sucker' that paid $30 for the set delivered than have to run down to Fastenal (30 miles one-way) which is the closest place to me that might carry that bolt, then have to cut the heads off and grind a slot.

Then again, if I knew the right bolt/threads I could just as well order a couple bolts just the same. How much would I save would determine which I chose. Usually I'll pay a little extra for the time-saving option though.

 

[ocloc24]

Screw using a mill all you need is an angle grinder or a dremel


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[454ragtop]

Kind of surprised the SO ones aren't made with a little taper on the slotted end for easier component alignment.

 

[ddawg16]

I've made the same 'tool'. Takes all of 5 minutes....1 minute to cut off the head and make the slot, 4 min to go grab a beer.

 

[rlitman]

I've made the same 'tool'. Takes all of 5 minutes....1 minute to cut off the head and make the slot, 4 min to go grab a beer.

Damn it! I forgot about that most important part.

 

[Snakebyt]

easily a DIY tool

 

[seanb02]

Have several different sizes of those floating around the shop. With the bolt selection I keep stocked it is easy enough to grab one and make one as needed.

 

[Schurkey]

I've got a half-dozen pairs of alignment dowels like that, in assorted diameters and thread pitches. Each one lovingly crafted from SAE or Metric bolts, heads cut off and slots carved with a hacksaw or die grinder. Yes, I put a taper on them to ease alignment.

I use a pair every time I put a manual transmission onto an engine. Most recently, Isuzu Rodeo.

 

[Wamsutta]

What is the purpose of the slots; just so you can turn them with a screwdriver?

 

[plinker]

What is the purpose of the slots; just so you can turn them with a screwdriver?

More or less.

With what I've done, I would thread them in finger tight and if necessary to remove them, loosen with a screwdriver or drag link socket.

 

[Moose Legs]

In my shop and service truck we have plenty of handmade dowels like that, but we also plenty of spare bolts those sizes and the tools to cut them so it’s convenient to just make them ourselves. If you’re in a situation where it’s inconvenient I can see someone just spending the $30.

 

[landrover bodger]

i made some similar to that from m10 bolts for aligning landrover transfer cases to gearbox . if they bend just make more .

 

[joe_padavano]

i own a mill. I'd just use a hacksaw and file. It can't take more than a minute a bolt.

^^^this!

 

[Mr_B]

it common metric size/thread, just need long shoulder bolts to hack up, you got cut threads so no protruding threads then cut unthreaded shoulder to required length and slot end.
With spare junk bolt selection or any local hardware store and equipped with an angle grinder it a quick tool make and make decent and cost anything from 0 to 5bucks diy . They sell the guides T10406 for 9bucks in europe .

 

[larry_g]

Lets state this another way, I didn't know those could be store bought...And I have quite a few of them.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[Richard Cranium]

I have several of these that are plastic that I reuse over and over.

 

[Kenstone1]

https://vw.snapon.com/SpecialToolsDetail.aspx?itemId=19630123

Out of stock here or $30 on Ebay. Looks like just a pair of bolts with their heads cut off and slots ground into them.

Yeh cut off the head and put 2 blades on a hacksaw to cut the slot...
2 blades makes a wider slot.

 

[MShaw]

Or just drill a 3/16 cross hole and use a pin punch to install and remove.

 

[Doc Moses]

Lets state this another way, I didn't know those could be store bought...And I have quite a few of them.

lg
no neat sig line

yes.

 

[Lelandwelds]

https://vw.snapon.com/SpecialToolsDetail.aspx?itemId=19630123

Out of stock here or $30 on Ebay. Looks like just a pair of bolts with their heads cut off and slots ground into them.

Yes. But, those are Snap On and they are special. says so right in the url.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Done it many times myself. I have a set for SBF intakes, 5/16" bolts cut down and a set for aligning cylinder heads too.