[email protected] wrote: > Dale: > ... >> the first bag of screws I ordered didn't have any size info > ... > > To figure out which thread one have, one usually use: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calipers > to get the diameter. Given the diameter, and possible the table of thread > sizes, one can sufficiently well infer which thread it is. > > You can use a thread gauge if unsure: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread_gauge > > Regards, > /Karl Hammar > > >
I been meaning to buy a thread gauge or even better, one of those boards like they have at Lowe's that is really nice to use. It has all sorts of sizes and threads. Anyway, I just keep putting it off because it is one of those things I won't use to often but it would be nice to have. It'll work its way up the list eventually. At the moment I got some good screws to mount hard drives and they won't mess up the threads so that no screw really fits. ;-) Dale :-) :-) P. S. I also replaced the crankshaft seal, timing belt, drive belts and did some clean up from a oil leak my old car has had for a while. While doing that, noticed the cam cover was leaking as well. I replaced it too. The old one was hard and brittle pretty much everywhere. It was leaking and may have been the leak instead of the crankshaft seal. I know the camshaft seal was leaking when I replaced them a year or so back. Given the recent increase in temps, I also added a few ounces of R134 to the A/C. In the middle of that, the blood donation bus showed up. It's been a busy week. I'm beat.
