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Blake Luse (Muddyrover)
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 05:36 pm: | 
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My spare tire carrier has rounded ends on the bolts. It was caused by my (idiot) tire shop that put my road lugs on the spare carrier. Since the lugs are shorter it rounded of the ends.
So....
I bought a new one that some (idiot) person did the same exact thing.
But this one only has it done to one. My question is how can i fix it.
It is rounded enough at the end that i can't start another lug on there.
Could i grind the end of until its got good thread again.
Would a dremel work or would i need something more "hard core"?
Help. |
muskyman
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 05:49 pm: |
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run a die over it and repair the rounded threads. dies are tapered so the will grab when a nut will not.
anyone have the size and thread count? |
Blake Luse (Muddyrover)
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 09:34 pm: |
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What is a die and where can i get one? |
Greg H
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 09:52 pm: |
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Most automotive tool shops have tap and die sets-I believe I saw them in the Sears Craftsman catalog too. You could try to buy just the die you need but you'll need the handle and tool the die fits into to make it work.
A die cuts the threads (or re-cuts in this case) on a bolt and a tap cuts threads in a nut or hole-
Muskyman's question still stands-what is the size and thread count?-I don't have that info and you'll need that to figure out if the set has what you need.
You'll have to be very careful lining up the die to start cutting or you may start cross-cutting threads where you don't want them... |
Joe Still (Joedisco)
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 10:21 pm: |
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Gregs idea will work. I don't know about Sears though. Find a machine tool wholesaler or ask a machine shop who. Take the lug nut so they can measure size and pitch for the die. If the threads aren't too bad you might be able to turn the die with a crescent wrench. I'd get a die holder from same place though. Hope you're not afraid of spending $10 on something the size of a half dollar.
Best of Luck! |
Paul D. Morgan (V22guy)
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 06, 2002 - 07:37 am: |
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Blake,
Most Tap & Die sets come with a Pitch Gauge. This is the item that will tell you your thread count and pitch per inch. Don't forget there is NC for National Course and NF for National Fine and Metric. I Have a nice 151 piece kit from Snap-on that performes quite well.
Here is a low dollar kit you can buy from Snap-On and you will have it forever.
http://www.snapon.com/
P/N RTD48
Kit, Master Rethreading, U.S./Metric
Paul
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