Taps and Dies

[Bob Carriere]

Strange how some months ago we were checking Ebay for quite a while and came up empty ended..... now we are stocked up....

Happy to report that Santa will be dropping by the barn with a full set if taps, dies, rh,lh for both the rims and wheel nuts.

Last set of "quality" dies purchased in a local distributor in Ottawa was $35 for a 3/8 pipe thread and $45 for the 1/2 inch....... so the asking price even with shipping is quite competitive in my view.

I realize that some may be used or quality may be questionable but when one considers that most of our use will be for cleaning threads rather than cutting from raw stock.... they should last our life time. Heck we have been using Princess Auto dies and taps for years and they seem to function well for us..... besides they will exchange anythnig that breaks anyways.

So again I thank you all "eagle eyes" who have spotted what we needed.

POINT OF INTEREST..... the 7/8 rim bolts are BSF and not BWF...... the 11 t.p.i. is only applicable to the BSF.

On the 5- 8 rim bolts the standard RH UNF dies taps will work perfectly.

will let you know more when we get them in our cold little hands.

Boob