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Originally Posted by mcbassin
Ouch! That looks painful. I bet you can salvage the heim joint for sure but the female threads look toast. Good luck!
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Maybe, I'll lean on Nate for the answer to that question.
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Originally Posted by lolife99
Not really.
It seems sometimes when a nut is welded it distorts the nut.
I had started a bolt and ran it in with an impact during mock up.
It ate the threads when I removed it.
This was the only one.
So I now chase all the theads of any welded nut just to make sure.
(this was the bridge that bolts to the PB step notch).
I also check them after having parts powder coated.
For cleaning threads,... I don't use a normal tap and die set.
I use a set of thread chasers that I got from Sears, years ago.
They're made for cleaning, not cutting.
(I guess they have a shallower cutting edge)
You can chuck them up in a battery drill to make quick work of this job.
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I understand what you are saying and agree 100%, I need to have a set up like that.
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Originally Posted by Malamute
Sucks about the heim joint Ernie but in the grand scheme of things, just a bump in the road compared to the other stuff! 
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Thanks brutha! The cost is starting to weight heavy on my mind and the money wasted by redoing things doesn't help, but I'm going to push through as best I can.
