Posted by Fred Martin on February 12, 2011 at 05:41:00 from (216.158.74.104):
In Reply to: Metric Size Nuts posted by Dave Sherburne NY on February 11, 2011 at 10:37:19:
Take a flat piece of lead and lay it on the threads and tap it with a hammer and it will imprint the threads per inch or millimeter. Take a piece of number 9 wire and bend in a loop/u shape and bend till it just touches the outside diameter of the male threads with no clearance or gap and head for an automotive machine shop or such. They can tell you what thread it is. I have made nuts in this way that fit like a charm...without seeing the threaded shaft. And the good part of this is the machinist that fits you up will look over at his coworkers when you leave and say "There is a smart man!" ohfred
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