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Stuck Thread Adapter

Postby Djembe » Sun Apr 10, 2016 10:36 am

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to remove a thread adapter that's been put in upside down?

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Re: Stuck Thread Adapter

Postby Text_Edifice » Sun Apr 10, 2016 10:43 am

Needle nose pliers - clamped em on one edge of the adapter and lever against the opposite side to hold the adapter in place while you twist the two bits apart.
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Re: Stuck Thread Adapter

Postby rick » Sun Apr 10, 2016 1:18 pm

i do the above and hold my tongue just right then eventually when that doesn't work i find a really wide screwdriver jam it in and unscrew and throw away the insert , every mic in my place is running the one size on all the inserts are loktighted in so it can't come out
so this shit never happens again
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Re: Stuck Thread Adapter

Postby audioio » Sun Apr 10, 2016 7:17 pm

In the future, throw away any adaptors which have a slot on one end only and make sure you get and use those with slots in both ends.
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Re: Stuck Thread Adapter

Postby Drumstruck » Sun Apr 10, 2016 9:49 pm

Helicoil - anything else is butchery ;)
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Re: Stuck Thread Adapter

Postby Ausrock » Mon Apr 11, 2016 1:13 am

Nothing that can't fixed with an angle grinder.........piece of cake :D
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Re: Stuck Thread Adapter

Postby Enginearing » Wed Apr 13, 2016 10:28 pm

Dremel with a cutting wheel and cut some slots for a coin/flathead screwdriver
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Re: Stuck Thread Adapter

Postby stosostu » Thu Apr 14, 2016 1:51 am

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Re: Stuck Thread Adapter

Postby Chinagraf » Thu Apr 14, 2016 7:38 am

Yeah, 'easy out' was the one I found.
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Re: Stuck Thread Adapter

Postby stosostu » Thu Apr 14, 2016 9:02 pm

Andy, Easy Out was the name I was trying to think of but old age has taken its toll on the grey matter.............sad really. :D
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