Drill America m18 X 1.5 Carbon Steel Hex Rethreading Die, DWT Series

A M6-1 nut was cross threaded and unfortunately the mounting bolt that got damaged is discontinued. That means hunt the pick-parts yards or try and fix this one. For $6 worth a shot.When this arrived it was test fitted against some know fresh M6-1 bolts. Some of them this threaded on ok and others it would begin to cut. On a known fresh bolt it should not have any issues. This die may not be very high spec but being able to salvage the bolt was more important than % of thread engagement. It is an interior bolt so no high stress or issue so long as it can torque to 6-8 ft-lbs.Sometimes if it begins the cut influenced by the damaged thread it won't match up. I didn't have a thread file to clean up the initial start. Took a chance. Ran the die down the bolt with Tapmatic cutting fluid and it progressed well. Threads joined into the good ones so I was happy in that regard too.The resulting threads are usable but until I get to re-assembe this interior I won't know. The fresh nut has wobble that concerns me if the threads will even take 6-8 ft-lbs. In all decent but probably better re-thread dies out there.It is chamfered at both ends. Check which orientation seems the better side for your application. The China side down was the orientation I used. In that orientation it was able to spin down some of the bolts without it cutting.

Very good for cleaning messed up axle threads. Needs a big 1 5/8 socket to fit over it though

This die works and fits as expected, so I'm scratching my head why the Drill America tap that I bought with this doesn't seem to fit well on my tests. Oh well, that's for a review of that specific item. In the meantime, this item fits and works well.

I recommend this die! It seems to be good quality. Cleaned up and fixed some fairly bruised threads on a drive shaft flange connection (M18 x 1.5). I was concerned as the bad threads were near the end where I needed to start the die. And these are hard steel threads on a drive shaft. The die is chamfered so it's easy to start in/on bad threads.

works perfectly. I simply could not find a thread die in 11 x 1.25 for my motorcycle shocks. cut the threads very nicely.

Worked great.

Had to have this to resurrect an old mower whose spindles had to be rebuilt.

Saved me $180 after getting too rough removing my rear axle on my s2000, cleaned up the threads like a champ

El producto es de buena calidad, le puse 3 estrellas por que yo pedi M20x1 y mandaron M20x1.25. Aclaró que el empaque si decía el modelo, pero al sacarlo el grabado decía M20x1.25 por lo que estaba mal empaquetado el producto.

Got it to repair threads on a mangled wheel stud. Dressed the stud first with a thread file then used the threading die. You have to go slow, back it off, and rethread a couple times. It worked, but you can see the cheapness and rough teeth of the Chinese-made die. Get a large socket or use a crescent wrench.Next time, I would buy a more expensive but better quality product from Irwin Hanson, Norseman, or Cle-Line. Chinese people are awesome - their government, not so much. Support local industry where you can, all right?

This is a good quality die, but one must be aware that it there is very little taper to input threads and so to use this to chase the starting threads on a bolt is difficult. In my case I simply used a file to correct the first 1 or 2 starting threads and this was enough for the die to "grab"... and at that point things worked as expected.

The only problem I had was finding something large enough to fit it. I redressed the threads on my axle shaft without effort. Cut like butter. Highly recommend this die

Je devais rectifier les filets du vilebrequin d’un Skidoo 1971, j’ai pris connaissance des commentaires avant d’acheter et d’effectuer les travaux. Prendre son temps et avec un bon lubrifiant j’ai pu corriger les filets sans rien briser. Denis