IMHO: If you can't find a tap, or can't use it "in situ", you might try a
thread file to clean up the beginning of the threads that you have damaged.
Following that, use something other than the original nipple(preferabley
steel) that fits to test it out and it too will help to straighten things
out before you attempt to connect it up again.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of chammock@iquest.net
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 3:20 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] crossthreaded master cylinder-TR3
yep - header says it all.
replacing brake lines after rebuild - got the darned thing started sideways
and goobed up the first couple threads.
Can I retap or is that folly? Safety first, you know.
If chasing threads is a possibility, area taps readily available?
This was the last connection to make on a complete hydraulic overhaul -
doesn't it just make ironic sense?
Thanks for your insights
Pery Hammock
TR3A
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