Hello could anybody help with this question? I have some vintage ET torque thrust aluninum mags probly 60s or 70s,I need to know the thread size of the center cap holes,i have some broken screws i need to remove and need to know the thread size oif these holes Thanks
Another option would be to remove one and then take it to your local hardware store and check their nut/bolt checking device. Or remove one, take to local hardware store and try some nuts that look to be about the same size. Clean up the threads first, so you get better accuracy (I hate it when someone brings in a rusted up nut/machine screw and wonders why they can only thread a new nut on only a little bit.)
I got the rims with no caps or screws, just wanted to chase the holes with a tap to clean them up and was wondering if anyone knew the size
Live dangerously - check the size of the hole in the cap and then try the coarse thread tap that goes through there...or drill and tap them up the next size. No one will remember the tap size of some sheet metal screw in a 50 year old mag wheel. It's not rocket science - it's learning by trial and eror.
I've seen a lot of odd thread sizes but 8-24 ?? 8-32 is a standard size ,might be 10-24 OR -10-32. Seriously doubt 8-24.
I am with JohnEvans on thread sizes. I've got several electrical crimpers that have threaded holes from 6-?? through 10-32, makes it easy to make 1/2 inch screws out of one inch screws as well as check and clean threads, just one more tool to add to your arsenal of equipment I've got some old mags with the same issue, doubt that I fight the screws, will just run without caps The problem will be that some cobble mechanic will have lost the correct screw at some point and used a sheet metal screw to hold the cap on, good luck then
everybody go get the Starrett tap and drill chart out of your toolbox. now check for the 8-24 tap. there isn't one. Hilarious, like asking a rookie to get a left handed screwdriver. a**hole...
Go to the hardware store buy a hand full of 8-32s and a hand full of 10-24s the right length, an 8-32 tap and a 10-24 tap and you'll be equipped to "get er done" It is one or the other. Oh Yeah, buy stainless bolts so they don't rust into the wheels again! and use nickel anti-seize and make sure you get some on the wifes car door handles. LOL (I was kidding, Don't do that last one)
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So, where are you going to find screws to fit it? MMC have them too? Not http://www.mcmaster.com/#machine-screws/=pipw8z
That was not the point of my post. Someone said they were 8-24 original screws. Then guys jumped in and said essentially "No such thing". I was showing that there is such a thing. And they can be found - not easy but they do exist Suzhou Yongxiang Fastener Co ., Ltd We offer Titanium screws0-80 2-56 4-40 6-32 8-24 8-32 10-24 10-32 1/4-20 And here is another tap found on Amazon Mountain (MTN55923) Mountain 3/8-24 NF Machine Screw Tap so there must be some use for them Apparently they were used in Clock making up into the 60's as well. For sure it is an oddball size (but then Henry used some oddballs as well) and I sure wouldn't spend much time looking for them if those were my wheels, but the fact is 8-24 does exist
8-24 is what is called a secondary standard. I would just drill and tap it to 10-24. That way you can get the screws in any head and material that you want easy. JC
here is a discussion about 8-24 machine screws (not 3/8-24 by the way) on The Practical Machinist website. Apparently 8-24 was not a standard size going all the way back to the 1920s. not sayin it didn't exist, just sayin its not a standard size. I also find the similarity to a whitworth size interesting, and he is in Canada after all. Anybody got a left handed screwdriver? http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/south-bend-lathes/ot-8-24-threads-191901/
Another listing for 8-24 taps. http://www.victornet.com/cgi-bin/victor/productlist.html?subdepartments=Special+Thread+Taps:618%2C1170%2C1171
I can't take it, I have some original drawings we used in the 60's and 70's, notes say 8-32 for 5 spokes , et super -#6 & #8 pan head self taping screw or 8-32 depending on stock. Et-IV said self taping or 8-32 pan head. The self taping could have been a thread cutting screw or a sheet metal screw. The hole size was #29 drill on all wheels. In the bigger picture drill out the bad rusted screws, if the hole is now too big then use an aluminum plug and redrill or use threaded insert , but that is the harder way since you will need to make a jig to drill the new holes on location. Bottom line now one will know or care which screw you use, but if purist is the goal then no stainless just zinc plated steel slot head. Scott Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Oh, and if stainless is insisted upon, use anti-seize on the threads, or plan on never getting them back out. Probably a good idea with any threads in Aluminum.
I like to use 10-24 STAINLESS BUTTON HEADS (with anti-seize!) .. They are strong, look good (imo), and you don't wind up with screw slots running every direction like you do with the cheap original slotted screws. my 2 C worth, maybe less.
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