Obolel,

I would be very leary of threading wire for pushrods. A fellow club member did exactly that and the clevis came off in flight and as a result the plane was destroyed.

We concluded that pre-threaded pushrods were manufactured in such a way that the threaded end was a larger diameter than the rest of the pushrod, and when threaded, the threads were cut deeply into the wire and would hold the clevis.

I don't know this for a fact, but the result sure supports the theory.

My advice to you is to use rods that are pre-threaded.

DaveB