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TimC

posted on 28/11/06 at 03:55 PM Reply With Quote
Thread Identification - Help!

Hi All

Have a problem,,, I can't identify the thread on a fitting I have. It's from my pre-drilled oil cooler bolt on my R1.

Its the one on the right hand side of the following pic:
Warning - quite large!
The thread on the left is M10x1, the middle is M10x1.25. The one of the right sort of looks like M10x1 but I'm not convinced. What do you think?

It's not UNF/UNC/BSW/BSF. Help appreciated!

[Edited on 28/11/06 by TimC]






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Alan B

posted on 28/11/06 at 04:04 PM Reply With Quote
Either 1/8 NPT or 1/8 BSPT.....you can see the taper on the pic..unless it's my eyes...

1/8 NPT is 27 TPI so it will look close to M10x1.0

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tasmin289

posted on 28/11/06 at 04:09 PM Reply With Quote
1/8 BSP?
or 1/8 NPT?

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RazMan

posted on 28/11/06 at 04:14 PM Reply With Quote
It is a fair bet that it is npt as a lot of sensors use this thread





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Hellfire

posted on 28/11/06 at 04:17 PM Reply With Quote
Agreed. I'd go with 1/8th NPT.

Phil






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TimC

posted on 28/11/06 at 04:18 PM Reply With Quote
Just got the verniers out - doesn't taper.






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Alan B

posted on 28/11/06 at 04:22 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by TimC
Just got the verniers out - doesn't taper.


You certain?....it sure looks tapered..

Another option would be 1/8 BSPP, but there does not appear to be a proper shoulder for a sealing washer......

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chockymonster

posted on 28/11/06 at 04:24 PM Reply With Quote
My Oil pressure one didn't taper either but the hole it went into did.

The problem was it wouldn't seal properly on the oil cooler bolt as it was too short.
So I remote mounted it with bits bought from thinkauto.





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TimC

posted on 28/11/06 at 04:27 PM Reply With Quote
Double checked - no taper. It has a larger 'shoulder' and I think this combines with the change in colour to trick the eyes!






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indykid

posted on 28/11/06 at 06:13 PM Reply With Quote
well measuring off my screen, with a steel rule, it does have a taper. about 63mm at the bottom of the thread, down to about 57 about 3 threads down from the end. that's 35mm of thread length for scale.

the other 2 measure up as parallel though

could that be npt then?
tom






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MikeRJ

posted on 28/11/06 at 06:46 PM Reply With Quote
I've not ever seen an oil pressure switch (or is it a pressure sensor?) that didn't have a tapered thread. Presumably it will have to be sealed with a copper washer if it has parallel threads?
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TimC

posted on 28/11/06 at 06:55 PM Reply With Quote
You're right - the very end tapers - I though it needed to be further up - what do I know?!

Cheers






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BenB

posted on 28/11/06 at 07:16 PM Reply With Quote
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t.j.

posted on 28/11/06 at 07:35 PM Reply With Quote
what is that coin???

Still no Euro.....

You lucky b*st*rds

We are now after 5 years climbing out of the euro-bad weather

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theconrodkid

posted on 28/11/06 at 07:41 PM Reply With Quote
thats 2 pence,100 pence in £1,cant buy anything for less than £1 here





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posted on 28/11/06 at 07:48 PM Reply With Quote
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spunky

posted on 28/11/06 at 08:41 PM Reply With Quote
guessing it's the same as fitted on my SP1 engine, (looks the same) So 1/8 BSP.

Had same issue identifying the thread, pretty surprised to find the Japs using BSP.

John





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TimC

posted on 29/11/06 at 09:21 AM Reply With Quote
It wasn't sarcasm. I meant it - what do I know?

No worries - help very much appreciated fella.






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foes

posted on 2/12/06 at 09:22 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by spunky
guessing it's the same as fitted on my SP1 engine, (looks the same) So 1/8 BSP.

Had same issue identifying the thread, pretty surprised to find the Japs using BSP.

John


it'll be 1/8 bspt (tapered) not bsp (parrallel). Most jap car engines (so i presume bike engines also) use bspt for oil pressure senders etc, and aftermarket jap gauges eg hks, apexi etc come with bspt fittings.

carl

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