I need to get a thread chaser or die for a left handed thread.
I got a piece of equipment that has male threads on the end of a shaft. The threads are 10mm x 1.0 and they are kinda stripped. The nut that threads onto the shaft was stripped also, but I can replace that, but the threaded shaft is a few grand, I just don't got that kind of cash. Can anyone tell me where to order the die or chaser?

 

I remember seeing left handed taps/chasers in a tool truck catalog, but they were pricey. cant remember which one but they all carry the same stuff...

 

Okay, I'll check the snap on website.

 

ive seen them at sears, at leat thats where we got ours quite a while ago

 

I don't remember them being any more than RH ones. But it wasn't my money I was spending

 

Try mcmaster.com or go to your local machine shop.

Adriano

 

you should be able to get them at any local industrial supplier.

 

Depending on materiel of the shaft....just buy 2 new nuts.

On the inside of one of them, use a small file and in 4 places, file small grooves, like that of a thread chaser. Then just use it like a regular die.

I do this all the time and it works wonders.

 

MSC, but I doubt you will find a metric left hand thread die.