reverse thread 1/2" nut

[JasonCzerak]

Anyone know where I can get one? I have an issue with stripped sides to a nut but there is enough tread on top of it to thread on another nut. if the thread was backward, I could turn the "stud" right out... .

 

[twmcneilly]

Wouldn't one of the nuts off of a turn-buckle work?

 

[JLEONARD]

McMaster-Carr should have it. They ship overnight as standard proceedure.

 

[schv]

Or if you can find an old Mopar lug nut from the `60's - roughly half of them are 1/2" LH thread.

 

[p-Bar]

JLEONARD is correct they are the best thing going. They have all that left hand stuff.

 

[Bob V]

A left hand nut will not thread onto a right hand bolt. If the flats on the nut are bad craftsman makes removers that work well.

 

[PToombs]

A left hand nut will not thread onto a right hand bolt. If the flats on the nut are bad craftsman makes removers that work well.

I was thinking that myself, but I figured I was missing something in the story.

 

[GHarman]

Anyone know where I can get one? I have an issue with stripped sides to a nut but there is enough tread on top of it to thread on another nut. if the thread was backward, I could turn the "stud" right out... .

Sounds like you got the correct information. Just one thought. If you have a right hand threaded stud that sticks out above the rounded off nut, just thread another right hand thread nut onto the stud and jam it against the existing nut. If necessary, a quick tack weld, inside, would permanently secure it, then, with the PROPER Socket, Wrench it out. GregH

 

[JasonCzerak]

Got it out. I didn't do it. it was a combo of an older socket just worn a little and them cheap nuts. there was enough at the bottom of the nut for a local shop to get it out with their socket.



The is a banks high-ram intake manafold by the way... . it's rather ugly and not so clean cut with these "studs".

 

[Bob4x4]

Cheap tools are never a bargain



Bob

 

[JasonCzerak]

Cheap tools are never a bargain



Bob

These are craftsman tools... just some of them are older then me

 

[bmoeller]

Like he said, cheap tools are never a bargain. Craftsman quality is in the can these days.

 

[Bob V]

Like he said, cheap tools are never a bargain. Craftsman quality is in the can these days.

I have to disagree. There are some "SEARS" tools that are Chinese, but the Craftsman are still good quality at a good price(and, for the most part, made in the USA). I have some Craftsman that are better than my Bluepoint ( Snap-on second line)

 

[DJW]

Bob V, no kidding, once I heard someone say that they could use a left hand threaded nut on a right hand bolt, just turn it backwards, granted there was no left handed nut to prove? it.

 

[Bob V]

Bob V, no kidding, once I heard someone say that they could use a left hand threaded nut on a right hand bolt, just turn it backwards, granted there was no left handed nut to prove? it.

LH nuts will not thread onto RH bolts

 

[jwgary]

Cheap tools are never a bargain

It only costs a little more to go second class.