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On 4 Nov 2005 at 17:56, Steven Ayres wrote: > Prabhu=> but he used one with really fine threads, ... could i possibly > => just re-thread it? > > For the trouble that would be, adding in the hassle later when you need > a different wrench for that one smaller nut, it makes more sense to > replace the stud. It sounds like you may have enough meat left to get > hold of it with some vise grips and just twist it out. Heat first might > help. I've never had ANY luck trying to do this, and, while it seems like heat should help, it just seems to make things worse when the threads are in aluminum. It just seems to make the aluminum gummy and more likely to seize up on the threads. Have you ever done this successfully, Steve? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~