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<DIV><FONT face="Segoe UI">Help machinist and mill wright type people</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Segoe UI">I have a output stud in an alternator case that the beginning threads are stripped/galled/messed up from someone trying to force a metric nut on it. the stud is about</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Segoe UI"> 5/8" </FONT><FONT face="Segoe UI"> long and the majority of the threads are good.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Segoe UI">I can't seem to get a 12-24 die started so I know it will true up the existing threads. I see they make adjustable dies on the net... can I use that to slide over the bad threads </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Segoe UI">the adjust the bolt in the die to sit right on the stud then thread it back over the bad threads ?? I just hate to send 20 bucks for the die if it won't do what I want...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Segoe UI">Any experience doing this ??</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Segoe UI">thanks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Segoe UI">john</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>