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RVcircus
Explorer II
Mar 22, 2016

How we repaired the threads in our RV water heater

When we purchased the trailer used, the threads were beat up pretty badly and it makes winterizing and de-winterizing a pain in the butt. I only need to deal with it a few times each year, but it's a...
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RVcircus
Explorer II
Mar 23, 2016
byronlj wrote:
For cleaning up large pipe threads for which I don't have a tap, I use a steel nipple and cut 3 grooves evenly spaced and parallel with the pipe across the threads. I use a cut off wheel in my portable grinder and only cut thread deep. This gives it a cutting edge and a gap for material to collect. Works just like a tap.
Dave


Interesting, I'll need to give that a try sometime. I've used a nipple to cleanup threads that weren't too bad, but have never neen one turned into a makeshift tap.

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