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yeah, sorry about that. SAE = Society of Automotive Engineers. Here's a link on how to use taps and dies. Not only do they clean threads, they also make new threads and allow you to make your own parts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8m1F5ObOQI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8m1F5ObOQI
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Tourer
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ah thankyou so much for the link.
so are you saying that its possible to convert an SAE thread to a metric size thread?
or will it just make a sae bolt thead into a smaller sae thread
so are you saying that its possible to convert an SAE thread to a metric size thread?
or will it just make a sae bolt thead into a smaller sae thread
Road Master
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From: Marietta, Ohio
yeah, you can convert them, you usually have to start by drill the existing threads out though and bumping up to a bigger size. Making bolts smaller is a pain without a lathe, it's just easier to tap threads and then use the correct bolt.
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you might try and take a nut and cut a slit through one side with a dremel and a cut off blade so it looks like a "c" but with the 2 ends almost touching (try and find a nut with a shoulder on it)...and try and thread that onto the stud with a deep socket holding it as straight as you can..that may clean up the threads enough to get a couple of good nuts on the stud, which you can tighten together so they lock....then you can just turn the stud out with the nut
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