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cloudy

posted on 8/8/07 at 07:22 PM Reply With Quote
M12 Left hand Tap?

Any good idea's where to get a standard M12 reverse thread tap? Trying to tap out some aluminium bar to great a turnbuckle for my chain diff...

James

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thunderace

posted on 8/8/07 at 07:25 PM Reply With Quote
try a machine shop its not easy to find one i had to buy a m20 reverse thread for a prop shaft and it cost £42 a machine shop may loan you one if you give them say £50 and you can get it back when you return it.
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rayward

posted on 8/8/07 at 07:35 PM Reply With Quote
try

www.rswww.com

part number

364-3931

not cheap though

Rau

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cloudy

posted on 8/8/07 at 07:51 PM Reply With Quote
not too bad actually, thanks
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David Jenkins

posted on 8/8/07 at 09:23 PM Reply With Quote
Try Tracy Tools. They'll sell you a cheap-ish carbon steel tap - their price is usually +100% over the standard left-hand thread. You'll probably have to ring them.

They deliver VERY quickly - return of post.

HTH
David






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