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    long 11mm 2.0 tap for chasing head bolt threads?

    I have a 6.0 block that came from a salvage yard. Even after hot tanking it, all head bolt holes are full of gunk and debris.

    I was just going to chase the threads with a tap to clean them out, but it appears the 11mm 2.0 threads are a bastard size. I called the local machine shop supply and they said they would have to have one made and it would take 4 weeks and cost $130.00 for a long shank one that is long enough to reach the threads , or 107.00 for a standard length one.

    Does anyone know of a source to buy one of these taps?

    I need to get the engine together and in the car as soon as possible. I hope to find a tap without having to wait 4 weeks.

    Thank you in advance for any help.

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    What about using brake clean and compressed air? Or maybe an old head bolt? Otherwise Summit Racing sells an ARP LS1 head bolt thread chaser. Its part number ARP-912-0011

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    If only because my job requires me knowing way too much about threads, torque, tension and the like....

    The BEST advice I can give anyone is to NEVER put a tap cutter into an existing tap (or chase a threading die over a bolt.) Use a re-threading kit. The taps look more like under sized shank bolts than the traditional tap cutter.

    Putting a new tap cutter in an existing tapped hole causes the threads to get enlarged and the bolt threads differently. Torque/tension numbers change... Things can get ugly... While I understand just about everyone chases threads and taps with cutters (I'm guilty of it too on occasion,) you'll be better off investing in the rethreader.

    Just from a general machine shop knowledge, while that price might be a bit on the high end, it doesn't shock me for fabrication of a specialty one-off cutting tool. Cutters need to be pretty hard, and sharpening them is time-labor intensive on some pricey machinery.

    (Link is to Snap-On for a reference to rethreaders, in NO WAY am I endorsing Snap-On.)

    Edit: Are you positive on M11x2? I can't even find that in DIN standards... there's an M11x1 & M11x1.5

    Re-edit: Should have just looked at Summit!! Must be an automotive DIN... I don't have that info
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    Thank you so much for the part number for the thread chaser. It is exactly what I was hoping to find. My block had been out in the weather and the bolt holes have a mixture of dirt, sludge and rust, so a ground down old bolt and brake cleaner just was not enough to clean the threads properly.

    Since it is an ARP part number I checked with the warehouse that supplies my engine parts, and they have one in stock. I can have it to my shop by Tuesday.

    Has anyone used one of these 921-0011 ARP thread chasers?
    How long are they?
    In the pictures at Summit they look like standard length taps. How would you drive a short tap in the recessed head bolt holes in a LS block?
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    In case anyone is interested for future reference. I bought the ARP 921-0011 thread chase tool and have included a couple of pictures of it. Hope this helps someone.




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    there is a seller on ebay that sells a thread cleaner - thread chaser that sells for $24 --- the sellers name is akasandjoe --- all the feedback from the people that have bought one is 100% positive

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