<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hmmmmm. Sounds like a guy with lots of experience with broken taps. <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I was going to add some words of wisdom here, but I was doing a repair job on my daughter's car today and had finished tapping a hole for a 4-40 screw. In the process of backing the tap out, you guessed it - broken tap!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Ron Van Putte </DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jun 17, 2007, at 2:07 PM, Fred Huber wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV><FONT size="2">If you can get 3 thin pieces of musc wire inserted... in the slots made to let the metal shavings out as you tap threads... you can usually work the broken tap out.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2">You have to work carefully... or you'll mess up the threads. Typically the tap will have broken due to trying to go in too fast with the hole not pilot drilled to a large enough diameter, so it may catch on the burs it made as you try to extract it. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2">Turn left 1/2 turn.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2">Turn right 1/4 turn. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2">Remove the pin drive (3 wires) </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2">Shake out fragments of metal. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2">put the pin drive back in.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2">repeat.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size="2">If you get a few threads of the tap exposed you can usually grab it directly with locking pliers. </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title="ronlock@comcast.net" href="mailto:ronlock@comcast.net">Ron Lockhart</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title="nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA Mailing List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 17, 2007 7:55 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] OS 1.40 Case</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2">While on that subject, I'd be interested in a case, with good screws, retapped is OK if working well.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2">Or if anyone has a solution to an 8-32 tap broken in exhaust port threads?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2">Reply off list is good.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2">Later, Ron Lockhart</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title="kvelez@comcast.net" href="mailto:kvelez@comcast.net">Ken Velez</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title="nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA Mailing List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 16, 2007 11:13 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NSRCA-discussion] OS 1.40 Case</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2">Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2">I'm looking for an OS 1.40 RX case with the exaust port screws treads in original condition (not taped) or a parts engine with a good case or a used engine. 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