[Tamar]

Posted 26 February 2019 - 02:13 PM

And while we're at it..the guide I mean....before you guys start asking questions about the guide nut....
Here's an other repost from older topics:
....The way I treat my guides is a crossover from the world of 1/24 racing where you use guides with a threaded stem and a guide nut.
Ok what you're looking at is a Scaleauto guide with a 6mm grubb screw and a M2 aluminium locknut.
You can get these from Conrad in aluminium or anodised red and blue.

The reasoning behind me using this system is that with the regular 1/32 guide screws you have no way to lock the screw in its position.
Its eather tight or not, if you want to give your guide a bit of guide float you have to use a longer screw.
Screwing them in, in excatly the same way and perfectly straight every time is very hard to do.
By inserting a grub screw in the guide stem you only need to get it right once.
I use a m2 thread cutter to thread the hole of the guide stem, and as the cutter has a long handle its easy to get that perfectly straight and aligned.
With the metric thread you get a much finer adjustability and the nut serves a dual purpose.
As the bottom of the nut is perfectly flat it acts as a flange and stabilizes the position and angle of the guide in the guide holder,
even when the guide holder is a bit wider than the guide stem.
And as its a lock nut its position remains fixed, no matter how much guide float I set.

As this is applicable to all cars, and not just the Ford GT.
 
With kind regards
Tamar