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  1. 04-02-2014 06:38 PM #1
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    timeserts just pick up some 1/4 by 1/4 so they make them short not a big fan of hei-coils but still have some but use more timeserts now that i found them i am hooked on them . some stuff is a pain in the ass to thread . i need a 3/4 -16 hole drilled and tap in the nose of a new callies magnum crank to drive the oil pump mandrel only $1700 crank if i screwed up.. tap was crying as i lube the hell out of it.. i have some lube stuff will rust and thing it sets on or raw steel by it. but it works . as the tap is letting me know how much it is not liking the heat treated 4340 steel i was thinking it.s was going to rip and not thread or tap was going to bust off . but it did tap and never again
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