You can google "Metric thread restorer kits" and get some reasonably priced options. They are not taps. As Bill said the M5x 0.8 and smaller don't seem to be included. I have such a kit and mine went down to 6x1.0, I think. The problem I've found with the kits is I end up losing the most commonly used size and I end up going and buying a tap to do the job, for not much money. For whatever reason I don't seem taps, maybe because they are bigger.
My kit has both SAE and Metric and is missing the M8x1.25 and the M6x1.00, if it ever had one (I'm pretty sure it did). I'm also missing the 5/16x20 SAE, which size is common on the snowblower I'm restoring. In fact I'm heading down to Ace hardware this afternoon to pick up that particular tap to add to my mostly metric collection. So my thread restorer kit has become somewhat worthless. On Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 4:15:40 PM UTC-6 Bill Lindsay wrote: > M6x1.0mm and M10x1.0 should be easy to find. M5x0.8mm probably won't be > easy to find in a chaser. You'd probably need to roll your own or use a > tap for M5x0.8mm. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito CA > On Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 7:07:18 AM UTC-7 Conway Bennett wrote: > >> All, >> >> I cannot find thread chasers for sale, not taps, for frame prep. Even >> what park tools sells are taps. Can someone please direct me to a source? >> Thanks in advance! >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6f26c598-471b-4bf6-afb9-3c2598e98eean%40googlegroups.com.
