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Old May 15, 2015 | 06:58 PM
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Am I right in thinking an AN6 fitting uses uses an M14x1.5 thread?

Reason is the handy drain plug someone added to the bottom of my gearbox is leaking and when I investigated the threads have been stripped and the adapter chemical metaled in.

I've sized up an AN6 to AN6 male/male adaptor and it's slightly too big for the hole which is 12mm so I should be able to run a tap straight through it providing M14x1.5 is correct.

Anyone know for sure as my tap set only goes up to M12 so I have to go buy one.
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Old May 15, 2015 | 07:17 PM
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There not metric
I may be wrong with out looking but I think it -6 = 7/16 unf or unc

Google it mate it should not be hard to find
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Old May 15, 2015 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by lacey
There not metric
I may be wrong with out looking but I think it -6 = 7/16 unf or unc

Google it mate it should not be hard to find
Cheers, mate. I was thinking they were metric! Apparently it's a 9/16-18 UNF which is 14.2 mm so I wasn't far off

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Old May 15, 2015 | 08:50 PM
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9/16 unf according to earls website mate
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Old May 16, 2015 | 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by muz
Am I right in thinking an AN6 fitting uses uses an M14x1.5 thread?

Reason is the handy drain plug someone added to the bottom of my gearbox is leaking and when I investigated the threads have been stripped and the adapter chemical metaled in.

I've sized up an AN6 to AN6 male/male adaptor and it's slightly too big for the hole which is 12mm so I should be able to run a tap straight through it providing M14x1.5 is correct.

Anyone know for sure as my tap set only goes up to M12 so I have to go buy one.
Does it seal on a taper or against a flat surface ?

ie is there any need to use an oddball thread like -6 ?
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Old May 16, 2015 | 02:35 PM
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Flat surface.

Only reason I was going to use -6 is because I have a few left over o-ringed -6 male/male adapters and hose fittings and end caps.
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Old May 16, 2015 | 03:19 PM
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Would do rightly then
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