Taps and dies

[Derrick Eastman]

Does anyone have a lead on where I can purchase taps and dies for my carrier, preferably in north america?I need to chase the threads for the long rods that go through the suspension, also the big pins that go through the wheels, the studs up front that the front bogie wheel adjusts on, etc. I can't find any sources locally.Thanks Derrick Eastmanl

[Lynn Eades]

The suspension rods, are BSF, the axle threads are a special, so you would be best to take the axle, and nut to a machinist, to have him chase the thread(with a suitable thread chaser, or in the lathe) Nearly all the other threads in your carrier are BSF.( this includes your track adjuster bolts(3 each side))

[Lynn Eades]

I went in and edited my previous post as the infomation, I posted was wrong.

[motto]

McMaster-Carr have an unbelievable array of tooling and used to do mail order. Should be worth a look.
David

[Grant Bowker]

I have tried to buy from McMaster-Carr and had my order for simple hardware (nothing green) refused because they wouldn't sell if they believed the parts will end up outside the US. I had asked them to ship to a US address. In my case the giveaway was that they saw that my credit card was issued by a Canadian bank.
It has been suggested that this might be overcome by sending payment by money order from within the US and asking the product to be sent to the US address. If there's nothing to indicate an eventual foreign destination, perhaps they'll ship?
Another method is to ask an American friend to order your supplies for shipment to him and then ask him to ship to you so McMaster only sees an "American" purchase.
They may have relaxed their policy, or you may be more lucky than I was. Either way, please let us know how you make out dealing with McMaster-Carr.

[motto]

Sorry Grant, I can't report on any attempted dealings with McM-C. I only know of them through a fellow I used to work with up until I retired three years ago. I recall at the time that he was having some sort of trouble with them. That's why I said 'used to do mail order'.
Before posting my response to Derrick's question, I had a quick look at their site and saw they were still in business and that their catalogue went to over 3,000 pages. I assumed that being in that part of the world he would have no problem dealing with them.
I wonder what's wrong with them. It sounds like their management has been taken over by a bunch of educated, insular idiots who believe that anyone outside the borders of the good old US of A is a potential enemy and not worthy of any form of contact. I truly resent the inference that we are not good enough to deal with.
David