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tallpaul
11-25-2012, 04:59 PM
Can anyone tell me how to do this? Is it possible to do it without buying a special tool? The guys at my local Comm. College ruined two of my rear passenger lugs and now they either need to be replaced or rethreaded. I would have to buy a thread chaser from murray tools $20 plus $10 s&h.

No place around here has a M12 1.5 thread chaser unless I buy a complete kit for big bucks. Does anyone have a thread chaser that they will let me borrow or buy from them?
Comin' in Hot
11-25-2012, 05:29 PM
you could alwys buy one like this, its split so you could place it on the stud past the damage and thread it off.

http://www.amazon.com/M12-1-5-Split-Thread-Chaser/dp/B003H26FAW
tallpaul
11-25-2012, 05:42 PM
That's the same one from Murray tools and it is the same price.
Comin' in Hot
11-25-2012, 05:44 PM
lol yeah I didn't read your entire post until after I responded.
tallpaul
11-25-2012, 06:11 PM
Thanks for the link. Theirs is $5 cheaper.
imorb1994
11-25-2012, 06:26 PM
Just replace the studs.
Shaijack
11-25-2012, 06:57 PM
What are they going to think of next.
fastblackmerc
11-25-2012, 07:18 PM
Just replace the studs.

If the nuts are off, much easier to just replace the studs.
MyBlackBeasts
11-25-2012, 08:55 PM
Can anyone tell me how to do this? Is it possible to do it without buying a special tool? The guys at my local Comm. College ruined two of my rear passenger lugs and now they either need to be replaced or rethreaded. I would have to buy a thread chaser from murray tools $20 plus $10 s&h.

No place around here has a M12 1.5 thread chaser unless I buy a complete kit for big bucks. Does anyone have a thread chaser that they will let me borrow or buy from them?

Just replace the studs. $2 a piece & 30 seconds work. Not worth the risk of wheel loss from weakened threads.
Rockettman
11-26-2012, 06:21 AM
X4 on the "just replace the stud".
Very simple job.
blackhueys
11-26-2012, 07:34 AM
if the school did it they should cover the repair or their insurance should pay for it. this is how it is at my school at least if we break something we have to fix it if we cant and no one as at school can then it goes to a private shop to be fixed. You didn't do the damage so why would you pay for it?
babbage
11-26-2012, 08:13 AM
A new rear axle is about $80 and comes with new studs, a new set of lugs is in order.

Have they never been taken off or something?
tallpaul
11-26-2012, 12:44 PM
A new rear axle is about $80 and comes with new studs, a new set of lugs is in order.

Have they never been taken off or something?

Yes they have been taken off before because they rebuilt the differential. In order to get the car back to them I would have to have it towed in because it is not driveable yet.
Toronto46
11-26-2012, 03:02 PM
Hey guys,Am I missing something here? Is Tallpaul looking for the M12-1.5 chaser for a MM? I thought that we had 1/2-20 threads? Must be for another model car I assume unless someone knows different.
MyBlackBeasts
11-26-2012, 07:47 PM
Hey guys,Am I missing something here? Is Tallpaul looking for the M12-1.5 chaser for a MM? I thought that we had 1/2-20 threads? Must be for another model car I assume unless someone knows different.

1/2-20 is correct. CV/GM/Marauder 1/2-20.