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Title: 1-1/4" x 12 tap needed
Post by: Vinman on March 03, 2014, 02:14:53 PM
Anybody have a 1-1/4" x 12 tap I could borrow the use of? I just need to chase one thread on a control arm.
I could come to your place and chase the thread and not take the tap with me.
Title: 1-1/4" x 12 tap needed
Post by: morerpmfred on March 03, 2014, 02:58:31 PM
Pretty sure I have a speed tap in that size you can have. Will double check when I get home.
That is 1/4 inch right ?
Title: Re: 1-1/4" x 12 tap needed
Post by: Vinman on March 03, 2014, 03:37:05 PM
Quote from: morerpmfred on March 03, 2014, 02:58:31 PM
Pretty sure I have a speed tap in that size you can have. Will double check when I get home.
That is 1/4 inch right ?

1-1/4" fine thread for the lower control arms, not 1/4"
Title: Re: 1-1/4" x 12 tap needed
Post by: morerpmfred on March 03, 2014, 04:31:45 PM
Do not have that size.
Title: Re: 1-1/4" x 12 tap needed
Post by: cLAY on March 03, 2014, 05:50:10 PM
If you can not find one, I have made thread chasers by cutting flutes into gr8 bolts, run a nut on first and then spin it off to clean the threads up. Won't cut new threads but will usually clean up existing threads if they aren't totally destroyed.
Title: Re: 1-1/4" x 12 tap needed
Post by: Vinman on March 03, 2014, 07:11:49 PM
Quote from: cLAY on March 03, 2014, 05:50:10 PM
If you can not find one, I have made thread chasers by cutting flutes into gr8 bolts, run a nut on first and then spin it off to clean the threads up. Won't cut new threads but will usually clean up existing threads if they aren't totally destroyed.

Yeah, I thought of that and if I can't borrow a tap that's what I'll do. The arms are brand new and the supplier already said he will send me another but I'll try and fix this one rather than wait a couple of weeks.
It's just one little bur about an inch and a half inside the hollow arm so I can't get to it with a file.
I assume the arm is chromoly so it's a bit tough.
Title: Re: 1-1/4" x 12 tap needed
Post by: Vinman on March 04, 2014, 09:49:52 PM
Quote from: cLAY on March 03, 2014, 05:50:10 PM
If you can not find one, I have made thread chasers by cutting flutes into gr8 bolts, run a nut on first and then spin it off to clean the threads up. Won't cut new threads but will usually clean up existing threads if they aren't totally destroyed.

Well, I looked all over for a grade eight bolt to modify but couldn't find one. (by "look all over" I mean my garage). Then I kept seeing this flex  joint with a shank that is waaaay longer than it has to be so out came the grinder and voila, instant flex joint with built-in thread chaser.
Worked like a charm, thanks cLAY.
Title: Re: 1-1/4" x 12 tap needed
Post by: cLAY on March 04, 2014, 10:51:57 PM
Awesome!
Title: Re: 1-1/4" x 12 tap needed
Post by: Bnine on March 06, 2014, 09:37:19 AM
Sorry I didnt catch you sooner. I have those taps Vince. If you ever need one again just let me know and come on out.
Title: Re: 1-1/4" x 12 tap needed
Post by: Vinman on March 06, 2014, 10:03:06 AM
Thanks Bill, you'll have to check these Metal Cloak arms out, they look pretty good but time will tell.
Title: Re: 1-1/4" x 12 tap needed
Post by: Bnine on March 06, 2014, 11:12:40 AM
Cool. We have our first guinea pig :)

Hows the weight?
Title: Re: 1-1/4" x 12 tap needed
Post by: Vinman on March 06, 2014, 11:24:57 AM
Quote from: Bnine on March 06, 2014, 11:12:40 AM
Cool. We have our first guinea pig :)

Hows the weight?

Fairly light, pretty sure they are lighter than the Curries I ran for a while. I know they absorb small bumps and road cracks better.