Mike, a small triangular file or the edge of a flat file can usually be used to
clean up bodged threads.
Best
JK
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On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 3:56 PM EST Mike Tobin wrote:
>The threads on the crank and cam ends are munged up. The previous
>re-builder and his damn cold chisel.
>The crank nut will just get started but the cam nut won't even do that. I
>bought new nuts and it didn't get any better. I can see the bad spots, but
>I don't have a die or thread chaser near big enough for these and I don't
>want to force them for fear of just making things worse.
>Do I have to buy dies for this? If so what size.
>Other suggestions?
>Thanks,
>Mike Tobin
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