<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">See if you can find a 12TPI thread file. You start filing where the threads are mostly good & keep filing over the damaged threads until you reach the end. If you want to, you can then run a standard 12-24 die onto it afterwards. I got a set of SAE & metric decades ago from J. C. Whitney - May they Rest In Peace. <div><br></div><div>Peace,</div><div>Pat<br><br><div dir="ltr">Pat Horne <div>We support Habitat for Humanity</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Sep 17, 2022, at 1:55 PM, john niolon <jniolon@att.net> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr">
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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>
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