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So now of course I am now going to have to take the wheel off the 13/60 to satisfy my curiosity, and check the thread, I suspect it will be metric, But the wheel is a good fit? and the splines are correct, So "easysteer" must have have done their homework?.

Pete

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16 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said:

Come on   Colin  you never confirmed what darn  pitch you used  was it the 28  everyone has measured  or the std 24 which will just make a new thread to the coarser form you showed in your photo ????

Pete

It doesn't say on the die; obviously it was much coarser than required so I'll drop it back to the owner and ask if he knows. More importantly I'll bring the column with me and they can check the threads themselves.

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Chart for UNEF:-

Nominal
Diameter
Major
Diameter
Inch
Major
Diameter
mm
Tapping Drill
Size
mm
TPI Pitch
mm
#12 - 32 UNEF 0.2160 5.486 4.80 32 0.794
1/4" - 32 UNEF 0.2500 6.350 5.70 32 0.794
5/16" - 32 UNEF 0.3125 7.938 7.25 32 0.794
3/8" - 32 UNEF 0.3750 9.525 8.85 32 0.794
7/16" - 28 UNEF 0.4375 11.112 10.35 28 0.907
1/2" - 28 UNEF 0.5000 12.700 11.80 28 0.907
9/16" - 24 UNEF 0.5625 14.288 13.40 24 1.058
5/8" - 24 UNEF 0.6250 15.875 15.00 24 1.05

 

Pete

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1 hour ago, Colin Lindsay said:

Latest update: the experts reckon it's 9/16 UNEF but want one brought over to check / count the threads accurately.

That was discussed earlier. 9/16" UNEF is 24TPI (as per PeteH's chart) but everyone on here that's measured one agrees that it's a 28TPI.

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Well, this morning's escapade with thread gauges and all sorts of other measurements have decided it's UNS, Unified National Special. Definitely not 24 but even the 28 didn't quite mesh 100%, wonder if it's 27?

I wonder if I was to contact any of the suppliers who sell these for our cars, could they confirm what exactly they order?

(Just to confuse things even more I've already found a thread online claiming that UNS is 8 threads per inch...)

https://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/46416/UNC-Threads-vs-UNS-Threads

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51 minutes ago, Colin Lindsay said:

Well, this morning's escapade with thread gauges and all sorts of other measurements have decided it's UNS, Unified National Special. Definitely not 24 but even the 28 didn't quite mesh 100%, wonder if it's 27?

I wonder if I was to contact any of the suppliers who sell these for our cars, could they confirm what exactly they order?

(Just to confuse things even more I've already found a thread online claiming that UNS is 8 threads per inch...)

https://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/46416/UNC-Threads-vs-UNS-Threads

If you really want to complicate it, My thread gauge (28TPI) looks a good fit, when the photo is blown up on photoshop. The downside of that is they (gauges) are actually Whitworth thread form 55deg.!.

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At that mag; it is getting a bit less distinct.

Pete

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