threadchaser // tap n dye

95GTV8

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anybody have any experience with these? I ordered my new MM strut tower brace and when i went to put it on i noticed 1 of my screw holes on the firewall was stripped out, and on the driver side strut tower the on that goes in on the side is also stripped out. So should a threadchaser /tap n dye and some wd-40 do the trick?

 

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95cobradude

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the thread size for those holes is m8x1.25, so just run a tap through to clean up those holes.

 

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allright thanks, my booklet said 8 mm, but it's 8mm x 1.25 mm? that will help alot when i go uptown and grab those chasers. I've never used them before but my neighbor came out and said i should try that.

 

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95cobradude

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its definately that size, it just goes in like a regular bolt.

 

94GTLaserRC

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I know it's too late now, but you can order a semi-decent Tap set for about $20 on Harborfreight.com.

RC

 

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Good one RC, that's a nice deal with the lifetime warranty.

 

mo_dingo

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Yup, a tap/dye set from harbor frieght is great for rethreading existing threads. I wouldn't use it for creating brand new threads though. I had a broken tap inside my engine block to prove how easy it is to snap one off.

I bought the rethreading kit from sears, runs $50 and it has many of the common NC and NF threads in our cars. Plus the coarse/fine metric threads as well. They also have dyes in the kit in all those sizes to fix bolts. They work great, saved my butt a few times.
Scott

 

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95cobradude

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harbor freight is good for the cheap, use it a couple of times and it breaks or bends, tools.

 

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95cobradude said:

harbor freight is good for the cheap, use it a couple of times and it breaks or bends, tools.

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For what I do at home...That's good enough.

HF ROCKS for air tool accessories!!!

RC

 

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Yeah I wouldn't bet the farm on those things holding up, but if I needed to really make new threads I would probably buy nice ones individually as I needed them.