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Title: Tap and Die needed
Post by: skiracer on April 17, 2006, 12:26:42 PM

In working on my 1981 175 KTM, I have found that the last person to open the cases, did not do a good job re-installing the bolt that holds the shaft for the kick starter and the spring on top of it. I am looking to buy a tap and die to run through the treads to clean it up. It is around 21MM in diameter. Of course I would have to get the exact size and tread, but, I am looking for someone that sells larger sizes in taps and dies..........Any suggestions? James

Title: Tap and Die needed
Post by: Dennis D on April 17, 2006, 12:52:26 PM

I get a lot of my odd size taps through my local NAPA
store. If that doesn't work, call a local machine shop
and see where they buy theirs at. Mcmaster Carr (SP?)
is also a good source. Some of the bigger and odd pitch
metric taps and dies get expensive. Dennis D

Title: Tap and Die needed
Post by: skiracer on April 17, 2006, 02:16:14 PM

Dennis,

Thanks, spelling was correct. What a great source. I guess I will need to buy a thread guage in order to know what size it is, and yes, the bigger taps do get expensive! Thanks again! James

Quotequote:Originally posted by Dennis D

I get a lot of my odd size taps through my local NAPA
store. If that doesn't work, call a local machine shop
and see where they buy theirs at. Mcmaster Carr (SP?)
is also a good source. Some of the bigger and odd pitch
metric taps and dies get expensive. Dennis D

Title: Tap and Die needed
Post by: Dennis D on April 17, 2006, 05:48:16 PM

You are most welcome. Buy good quality taps and dies.
If you have ever broken one off you know what I mean!
Dennis D

Title: Tap and Die needed
Post by: t20sl on April 17, 2006, 07:06:39 PM

James: You can also try Edco Tool and Supply. They are a large mail order tool dist. 800--528-4444. As mentioned buy a decent name. Vermont, Cleveland Forge, Hanson etc... HSS steel for sure! For just one hole you can get by with a lesser quality tap maybe. Ted

Title: Tap and Die needed
Post by: skiracer on April 17, 2006, 10:22:08 PM

Thanks Ted! I am one to always buy good tools. I will let you know how I make out. James

Quotequote:Originally posted by t20sl

James: You can also try Edco Tool and Supply. They are a large mail order tool dist. 800--528-4444. As mentioned buy a decent name. Vermont, Cleveland Forge, Hanson etc... HSS steel for sure! For just one hole you can get by with a lesser quality tap maybe. Ted

Title: Tap and Die needed
Post by: TGTech on April 17, 2006, 11:27:20 PM

James,

I use MSC for most of my machinist stuff. Here's the link:

http://www1.mscdirect.com/cgi/nnsrhm

They are usually cheaper than McMaster Carr.

Dane

Title: Tap and Die needed
Post by: Merlin on April 18, 2006, 06:39:06 AM

............Dane is is right,MSC is the place for machine tooling and related items such as the tap you need,McMaste Carr on the other hand is a good source for most common metric hardware and other types of assorted things,ie fittings,tubing,felt to name a couple............

Title: Tap and Die needed
Post by: Merlin on September 10, 2006, 05:01:51 AM

.............I just started using this source for,mills,drills,left and right hand thread metric taps and dies,victornet.com..........very nice to deal with,prompt shipping and good pricing....................

Title: Tap and Die needed
Post by: firstturn on September 10, 2006, 08:48:51 AM

Merlin,
Thanks for the tip. Some of the tools can be hard to find quickly and it is always good to have another source.

Ron Carbaugh

Title: Tap and Die needed
Post by: slvrbrdfxr on September 10, 2006, 09:30:21 AM

Hi,
Another source for tooling is Grainger. There is a Grainger store locally here in Tulsa and they carry quite a bit in the way of tap/dies and other machine tools even in the larger sizes. They also have a huge catalog you can order from online at //www.grainger.com . Hope this helps. Good luck !!
Dave McCullough

Penton Owners Group

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