hancock1701
Well-known member
Hi guys,
So last weekend I messed up a ball joint stud using a ball joint separator (there's a thread for that). The stud was a M12x1.25, which apparently wasn't in my tap and die set, or my dad's. I had to go around looking for a die to repair the thread. At that moment, only Sears had the 40 pc rethreader set in stock that had the size M12x1.25 that I needed, so I had to buy it.
The next day, I remember woodstockva did a review on a similar set. I looked it up and it's actually a bigger set, 48 pieces. The extra pieces are mostly metric.
The only problem I see with the 40 pc set is that it only has 1 pitch for M10, and no M14. The 48 pc set seems to include all that.
So the question is, are the extra sizes (2 M10 pitches, M11, and M14) worth the switch if I plan to buy a good set and keep it for future mess-ups
?
The sets in question
http://www.langtools.com/sku-972-40-pc-sae-and-metric-thread-restorer-kit/
http://www.langtools.com/sku-971-48-pc-sae-and-metric-thread-restorer-kit/
So last weekend I messed up a ball joint stud using a ball joint separator (there's a thread for that). The stud was a M12x1.25, which apparently wasn't in my tap and die set, or my dad's. I had to go around looking for a die to repair the thread. At that moment, only Sears had the 40 pc rethreader set in stock that had the size M12x1.25 that I needed, so I had to buy it.
The next day, I remember woodstockva did a review on a similar set. I looked it up and it's actually a bigger set, 48 pieces. The extra pieces are mostly metric.
The only problem I see with the 40 pc set is that it only has 1 pitch for M10, and no M14. The 48 pc set seems to include all that.
So the question is, are the extra sizes (2 M10 pitches, M11, and M14) worth the switch if I plan to buy a good set and keep it for future mess-ups
?The sets in question
http://www.langtools.com/sku-972-40-pc-sae-and-metric-thread-restorer-kit/
http://www.langtools.com/sku-971-48-pc-sae-and-metric-thread-restorer-kit/