What is the Welding Hose?

To begin, we had to figure out where we were going to Welding Hose an additional power steering pump. We wanted the rear steering system to be completely separate from the front hydraulic steering setup. We didn't need or use the Titan's factory A/C compressor any longer, so naturally its position on the lower driver's side of the engine was a good place to start. Lavender removed the A/C compressor from the vehicle and took some measurements to see if a TC-style. power steering pump would fit. After performing a little math, Lavender figured that the position was actually an ideal mounting location considering the necessary pulley size and plumbing access. Lavender turned to his computer and started designing a new mounting bracket using Solidworks, a three dimensional design program that makes fabrication of such parts much simpler.

Once Lavender's concept was finalized in Solidworks, he printed a life-size template on paper. The idea here was to test-fit the design on the block using paper, rather than wasting time and material trying to get it right with metal. Here, Lavender cuts out the line drawing template with a razor blade. Once cut, Lavender held the paper up to the block to ensure a proper fit. The design worked perfectly.

Using spray-on adhesive, Lavender attached his paper templates to a piece of 3/8-inch-thick sheetmetal. Next, an optical center punch was used to make indents where each of the mounting holes needed to be drilled. This simple tool allows a fabricator to achieve a higher level of precision when it comes to drilling holes. With the template glued to the metal as a pattern, Lavender began cutting the part on his vertical bandsaw. The process seemed almost too easy as the first part of the bracket took shape. Lavender tells us that he tries to build all one-off brackets in this manner because it allows him to duplicate anything he's built by simply printing out a Welding Hose from his computer, as Toupee shown above.