Thread dies / nuts and bolts repairs Vol 1 #3630

[Ken]

Hi Scott,

Thanks for the tip.  I did find a thread repairer (rethreading) die, on Snap-On's website.  I was turned off by the $9 shipping for a $2 tool tho'.

I ended up getting a nut of the right size, and used a jigsaw blade to cut a couple notches through the threads.  I used it with some success to clean up the threads on the strut.  They're still not perfect, but I think I will be able to actually put it back on.  I didn't bother yet tho'.

Thanks,

Ken

Suffolk GameServer LAN suffolk.associates at verizon.net wrote:
>
> I don't know where you live but Metric bolt/nut or some similar ending in
> Melrose, Mass (781) area code has all that stuff and takes credit cards too.
> They have dies, plastic bolt thread size cards etc...... Audi and metric
> nuts/bolts in different hardnesses...............
> Mail order too.
> -Scott in Boston
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
>
> > The driver side strut has some ugly looking threads at the top.  I
> > have been trying to find a thread die to clean them up a bit, but
> > nobody around town seems to have them that big.  I did find out that
> > the threads are M14x1.5, which I discovered by finding the matching
> > bolt at a hardware store.
> >
> > Does anyone know a good/cheap place where I could find an individual
> > die in this size?  I imagine mail order is what I'll end up doing.