I must have changed thousands of cylinders over the years (and stripped a
few threads in the early years) until I realised the problem usually lies
with the fact that the pipe nut had been overtightened resulting in the nut
becoming"belled" where it contacts the flare making almost impossible to
start the thread correctly.You can either replace the nut or use a file to
clean it up and it will screw in with your fingers before tightening it .
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: <Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com>
To: <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 5:40 PM
Subject: Pisser
> Ugh. I did something stupid on my car last night. This is AA -
> Automobile Admissions. I was trying to put the rear brakes back together
> after pulling off the axels to check the rear end bolts. I stripped the
> threads in one of the rear wheel cylinders when trying to put the brake
> line back on. Ugh. Other than that, did make more progress. Just got
> to finish that wheel, and reattach the carbs and exhaust.
>
> Jay
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