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

IAN · 04-14-2004, 06:15 AM

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

Rot 911 · 04-14-2004, 06:18 AM

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

IAN · 04-14-2004, 06:41 AM

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

Superman · 04-14-2004, 06:49 AM

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.

RoninLB · 04-14-2004, 06:56 AM

I'll guess it's about the brake lines

Wavey · 04-14-2004, 07:07 AM

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

911ctS · 04-14-2004, 08:27 AM

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

IROC · IROC's Garage

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