Is there anything I can do to clean up the threads on the expose male side?
 

It is not an alignment issue. I can get it started ok, then it just stops. I want to avoid using a wrench. Could I figure out the size of the thread and run a thread die over it and try and cut/clean new threads??

Any thing else?

Thanks,
Ian

Exposed threads on what???? Need a bit more information here.

How to clean up/cut new threads on Filter housing male side
 

I'm having trouble getting a line to screw in by hand. I don't want to use a wrench if fear of the dreaded cross thread.

Can I cut/clean new threads? Anything else to get this to work?

thanks,
Ian

We still don't know what you're trying to clean up, but a die can probably be run over those threads to straighten them.

I'll guess it's about the brake lines

There's a previous message that references the oil tank - maybe it's oil lines or the filter?

I think he's talking about the oil filter neck that threads into the filter itself.

I think the answer is yes - you can simply run a die over the threads to clean them up. I do it all the time.

For really big stuff, they make a tool called a "thread restoring file". Greatest thing in the world for fixing buggered up threads.

Mike