Park tool sells taps individually http://www.parktool.com/search/products/p2/?q=tap
Harbor Freight has a full set of taps and dies (for light use for anything you'll ever need) http://www.harborfreight.com/60-pc-sae-metric-tap-and-die-set-60366.html here is what Sheldon used to say on the subject http://sheldonbrown.com/tooltips/taps.html On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Brian Campbell <bdcampbel...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 and buy the full set. On my AHH I over-tightened the rea rack and > stripped out one of the eyelets. I have tap set (with the handle!) and was > able to re-tap to M6. It is good to have tools. > > > On Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 7:03:16 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >> Go to your hardware store and buy a tap, size M5x0.8mm. It will cost >> about $6. If you don't have one, buy a handle for that tap. It will also >> cost about $6. Run that through every rack braze on and every fender braze >> on and every water bottle bolt hole. Or ask your local bike shop to chase >> out the threads for you. That's the tool they will use. >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> >> On Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 3:56:21 PM UTC-7, CoalTrain wrote: >>> >>> I've been riding my Cheviot for 6 months, and want to add a basket for >>> store runs. What's the best way to prep the braze on since they are covered >>> in paint? When I put a screw in it wants to go in a wonky direction and I >>> don't to force it in for fear of screwing the threads up. > > -- > 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
