Hey guys, just finishing up my case for the custom loop and I have encountered a problem. As seen in the pictures, https://imgur.com/a/tf8U7, I need to drill a 20mm hole to fit my pass through fitting in the PSU shroud. The problem is, however, I am not sure how to accurately do this and get it right. I am waiting on a different T block before actually fitting the drainage system to the pump top and then I can see where I will need the hole to roughly be.
Has anyone got any tips since I don't want to end up with a hole in the wrong place, lol.
Are you able to see the fitting when you hold it beneath the shroud, and look down onto the shroud from the outside of it? If yes you can see where the fitting is.
Are you able to see the fitting when you hold it beneath the shroud, and look down onto the shroud from the outside of it? If yes you can see where the fitting is.
Right, when installed you can see the top portion of the pass-through.
What I meant is you could hold the fitting beneath the mesh and see it through the holes and that way you mark up where it's going to be, and drill there.
That's assuming you can see the fitting through the mesh.
So I've got my new fittings and have put it together to see where the hole roughly goes. However, I'm still unsure on how I'm going to measure it as I can barely see the fitting when looking Top-down through the PSU shroud. https://imgur.com/a/5zNRp
You have some wiggle room built in to the locking collar. You don't have to be laser perfect. I would pull the locking collar off and put you assembly back together. The locking collar OD is the same as the OD of the pass though. If you can see enough of the pass thought flange, lay to locking collar over the top of it where you want to drill. So you have pass through, metal and then locking collar. Line up the outside edges. You should be able to mark out the ID of the locking collar. Once you have the inside marked out. You should be able to find the center. Drill pilot hole, then drill 22mm hole. It should line up enough to work.
You have some wiggle room built in to the locking collar. You don't have to be laser perfect. I would pull the locking collar off and put you assembly back together. The locking collar OD is the same as the OD of the pass though. If you can see enough of the pass thought flange, lay to locking collar over the top of it where you want to drill. So you have pass through, metal and then locking collar. Line up the outside edges. You should be able to mark out the ID of the locking collar. Once you have the inside marked out. You should be able to find the center. Drill pilot hole, then drill 22mm hole. It should line up enough to work.
Thanks for your reply. I actually have drilled the hole now and it seems to be fine. https://imgur.com/a/wnMuq
I could drill it a little bit bigger to I can move the fitting to the right to straighten everything up. However, the pass through doesn't seem to be flush with the shroud? Is that a problem?
Ah, brilliant. One last question, will it matter if the fittings coming out of the pump top are ever so slightly angled? The pass through fitting is pulling on it a bit and is angling it upwards a tiny bit.
I think you will be ok. You could try to loosen up all of your fittings and pump mount. Tighten down the locking collar, then the fittings and pump mounts.
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