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Machinefags, what is the best method for making sure female threads are clean and free of anti-sieze compound or loctite? I don't think any of the threads I'm dealing with have been damaged at all so I don't know if sending a tap through them is necessary, but is that a solid solution? I also thought about brushing them with a bore brush using a light solvent and then blowing/vacuuming them out.

Machinefags, what is the best method for making sure female threads are clean and free of anti-sieze compound or loctite? I don't think any of the threads I'm dealing with have been damaged at all so I don't know if sending a tap through them is necessary, but is that a solid solution? I also thought about brushing them with a bore brush using a light solvent and then blowing/vacuuming them out.

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[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

A tap is the usual method. Nothing works as well as a tap...

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Makes sense.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

Chasing threads is common practice for racing engine builders and other people who refurbish things that need to be right. What are you working on?

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I'm trying to clean the threads for an intake manifold.