anybody have a M16x1.0 Leftie tap & die?

**jburning17** · #1 (**permalink**) 04-11-2009, 06:58 PM

Hi All,

Guess what? I have to undo a cut corner by the PO again. This time it is crummy threads on the driver's side spindle, both the spindle and the castellated nut.

Get this, they are M16x1.0mm left-hand thread. The guy at the machinist supply shop pretty much laughed at me, but wished me good luck.

I finally found some on the internet, but it will cost me well over $100 to get them in my hands. Ugh!

Somebody out there must have faced this before. Anybody willing to sell or loan a set of these? It would be such a waste to fork out all that dough to clean up one nut and one bolt....

Happy Easter, everybody!
Jon

**Andrew** · #2 (**permalink**) 04-11-2009, 10:58 PM

You might call Bowlin Equipment on 10th St. in Berkeley, Calif. They've had, or could get, every tap/die I've ever needed.

Andrew

alfacoine · #3 (**permalink**) 04-12-2009, 12:24 AM

Jon

My first approach would be a thread file and a used nut if possible.

Jonathan

Franco D · #4 (**permalink**) 04-12-2009, 11:48 AM

check these guys out Metric Multistandard Components Corp.

another option is chasing down your local snap on dealer.

**genericwood** · #5 (**permalink**) 04-12-2009, 01:21 PM

Or, if the threads won't clean up, you could just use a different spindle. They aren't very expensive.

Erik

**jburning17** · #6 (**permalink**) 04-30-2009, 10:27 AM

Hi All, small follow-up.

I got a metric thread file. Easy to find, but it looks a bit brutish to me. I will give it a try, but it looks like a last ditch tool IMHO.

I did finally find a vendor with reasonable prices on the dies:

High Speed Steel Metric Left Hand Taps

I ordered them and they arrived yesterday. They look terrific. They are made in Poland. I suppose that there is a joke somewhere in the ether about left-hand, fine-thread, metric dies being made in Poland, but I will leave it hanging out there for now.

The tap is a different story. I thought that I found something reasonable in Australia; AU$50 (US$35) + shipping. That was reasonable until he quoted AU$60 shipping. I questioned him about it, but he went silent. I guess that shipping via the space shuttle is the only option.

Other vendors have quoted me anywhere from $100 to $180 for the tap. Yeah, right. There is a guy on ebay that shows them at US$60 + shipping from the UK. I think that the spindle threads are 90% of my problem, so I will clean those up first or get another nut before I go that route.

Jon

**kengta** · #7 (**permalink**) 04-30-2009, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jburning17

Hi All,

Guess what? I have to undo a cut corner by the PO again. This time it is crummy threads on the driver's side spindle, both the spindle and the castellated nut.

Get this, they are M16x1.0mm left-hand thread. The guy at the machinist supply shop pretty much laughed at me, but wished me good luck.

I finally found some on the internet, but it will cost me well over $100 to get them in my hands. Ugh!

Somebody out there must have faced this before. Anybody willing to sell or loan a set of these? It would be such a waste to fork out all that dough to clean up one nut and one bolt....

Happy Easter, everybody!
Jon

**jburning17** · #8 (**permalink**) 04-30-2009, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kengta

If I understand what is between the lines here and you have damaged threads on a wheel spindle and its nut, the threads that hold the wheel (hub) on and you are intending to recut these threads and probably cause the threads to no longer be to tolerance then don't be surprised to lose your wheel at some later date when you least expect it. Getting good condition used parts is a far better idea IMHO and might cost lesas than the special tooling you are seeking.

FWIW

Ken