When you cut the threaded steel make sure you take something like the Dremel fiber cut-off wheel and take to the end of the place where you cut off and kinda round that off.

My dad was showing me this, and when you just cut some off the end of the threads get messed up and you to kind smooth it out so you get it to where like you never cut it. This way the threads get lined up.

If you have to cut the threaded steel for something like a pushrod, and it will be put into a threaded steel clevis, like I think you have, then it will be hard to screw the pushrod into the clevis until you smooth out the end and get the threads right.

This works just about everytime, and saw that you have a Dremel (but might not have the acessories).

What about that.......makes it alot better

Hope this helps

~Michael~