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midgetman

hey


fricken thread in the cooker switch back box is gone. Help me re - thread it without having to take it out and spoil the carp tiling- what I use?
 
If the thread has stripped entirely you may have to go up to 4mm but it makes things difficult with the face plate.
One way around it is to drill though the back box and tap that at 3.5mm, you’ll need some long screws though. Another way is a dob of Araldite at the back of the lug and fix a 3.5mm nut.
 
but if the thread is totally bolloxed, then drill and plug the wall behind and fit long thin woodscrews.

Funny you mention that, on the last job I was on I found one of the sockets was fitted with just short length wood screws straight into what must have been stripped threads on the back box. They worked a treat even after I had taken them off a couple of times:thumbsup
 
Well its a dumb thread to me.....Its obvious that to get a fix you use a drill and tap through the back of the box or plug it...had to do this loads of times myself....A silly question this.
 

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