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Old 01-12-2007, 05:52 AM
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Put a nut on the screw before you cut the screw. Back off the nut and your threads will be clean. You can also use a castellated nut installed upside down to clean up the threads. A thread cleaner does just that, it cleans the threads but it does not cut them.

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