Question on re-tapping screw holes on Gladiator cabinets

[Inzane]

Hi There,

This may sound like a newb question, but I really don't have much experience using tap & die sets.

I recently picked up a couple Gladiator wall cabinets (ready to assemble) from Lowe's and I'm having the (common?) problem of the little machine screws not threading into the holes in the cabinet, particularly where you mount the doors. From some random google searching I've read that people get around this problem by simply re-tapping the holes.

Well, my question is, how do I know what size/pitch to use? I don't want to end up having to do a cycle of trial and errors and risk wrecking the cabinets.

Does anyone know the thread specifics of those machine screws that they could just tell me here?
OR
Is it just a matter of going through my dies in the set, test fitting for a match to the screw, and then using the corresponding tap for that size?

Thanks!

 

[CHRIS LUCKYMAN]

Measure the machine screw, get the matching tap, tap the holes. Not a whole lot to it.

 

[2oolhound]

If your T&D set has a thread gage you can use it or just do your 2nd suggestion.

 

[MrSnicks]

Read some of the reviews on Lowes.com about the cabinets. In the reviews they list the tap number needed to retap the screw holes.

Patrick

 

[DHCrocks]

have you considered using rivnuts?

 

[Inzane]

Read some of the reviews on Lowes.com about the cabinets. In the reviews they list the tap number needed to retap the screw holes.

Patrick

Thanks. I didn't think to look there.

Turns out the size, for the benefit of others who may search here, is #10-32.