If I cut a nut in half then apply it over the striped bolt and hold the nut together with some vise grips will this re thread the bolt? Can this actually work???
2007-09-12 14:51:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
Sorry but you make no sense what do you mean the nut is too soft??? How can any piece of metal be too soft lol????
2007-09-12 15:00:04 · update #1
The prior answers are all correct. What the prior responses are saying is relative to each other, the nut is too soft to do anything to rethread the bolt since the metals are probably of similar "hardness" one won't easily reform the other.
You best solution, as has been stated is to simply get a new nut and bolt. Re-threading is typically not safe as the fasteners have been changed and may not secure what you want to hold together appropriately.
If you must use the same fasteners, there are tap and die sets that can be purchased from most parts stores. These parts are designed to rethread a bolt and are made of hardened metals, typically much harder than the original nut and bolt themselves. However, as stated earlier, this is not the advised way of fixing the stripped bolt.
2007-09-12 15:20:49 · answer #1 · answered by hsueh010 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Get a die and thread it onto the bolt. You can buy individual dies at places like better auto parts stores or a hardware store. Or you can get a cheap die set. Get a new bolt. Or if the problem is only a few threads are messed up on the end they make a thread file that has a row of file teeth on it to fit different threads per inch. 8 different thread types per file. Also metric.
Put it in a lathe and chase the threads is also possible if you have acces to a lathe.
A new bolt would be best.
I am a machinist.
2007-09-12 15:05:16 · answer #2 · answered by cold_fearrrr 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
In theory it will work but in practice it doesn't. If its an engine bolt/stud it probably has a rolled thread which compresses metal and makes it stronger than a cut thread which most of the answers here are deascribing
2007-09-12 18:49:06 · answer #3 · answered by 1crazypj 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get a new bolt. Screwing up (no pun intended) the threads will cause the next owner to curse you while he's at the store buying that new bolt and a Heli-coil kit.
2007-09-15 22:49:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You will need a die. By too soft, he means that it is too similar to the material in the bolt. Metal of similar density can't cut each other.
2007-09-12 18:12:13 · answer #5 · answered by Josh 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
first of all you let us know the place the fricken bolt is! How the hell are we meant that may assist you with one in all those obscure question? Is it a stripped head bolt, manifold bolt, drain plug? superb going dude!
2016-10-20 00:27:19 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the nut is too soft. Go to a hardware store and get a replacement.
2007-09-12 14:57:47 · answer #7 · answered by mad_mav70 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
ordinary steel is softer than tool steel. It's like how a diamond is harder than glass, ya know. Or when, like, Superman is really hard and can stop a bullet with his body even though the bullet is real hard.
2007-09-12 18:24:55 · answer #8 · answered by Deckard2020 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only way to rethread is new bolt or get a tap and die kit with rethreaders in it.
2007-09-12 15:01:35 · answer #9 · answered by wuddy12 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋
No, it won't work.
It would be cheaper (and more effective) to just buy a new bolt.
2007-09-13 10:56:07 · answer #10 · answered by Firecracker . 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋