24-02-2018, 09:58 AM
To think that for decades I have laboriously filed threads with miniature diamond shaped files etc and all i needed to do was shorten the bolt!
Die nuts and fixed dies have a nasty habit of starting out of step; the ideal is two piece dies applied as John suggests.
The handbook for a family car showed a hub puller and thread protector. As nothing pulled on the thread I could not see the reason. I did not have proper puller so cobbled a giant one from other old hubs for which I did have a puller. It all came apart with a bang. I spent a morning fixing the thread where it landed!
Die nuts and fixed dies have a nasty habit of starting out of step; the ideal is two piece dies applied as John suggests.
The handbook for a family car showed a hub puller and thread protector. As nothing pulled on the thread I could not see the reason. I did not have proper puller so cobbled a giant one from other old hubs for which I did have a puller. It all came apart with a bang. I spent a morning fixing the thread where it landed!