ASA Thread Repair

[ironklad]

Purchased an Alien Deception, arrived with damaged ASA threads. Spoke with one of the employees who used to work at Alien, they didn't make spares. Are any machinists able to repair or god forbid make me an adapter to a pops or Dye asa?

[Daltech]

I’d try to run a re thread tap that they sell at the hardware store. You just need to clean it up enough to hold a little bit. The orings seal the pressure not the threads. Put some electrical tape or toothpicks in the threads to make it tighter.

Past that, it’s off to a machinist who will talk shit and call you stupid. Then charge you for fixing it because that’s super easy for anyone with skills.

f it, you could epoxy a tank extension in there. Just make sure you get it straight before the epoxy hardens.

[Daltech]

Bruh. You’re smart enough to type without the letters on the keys you got this no problem.

[NONOBLITUS]

HAHAHA , Nice observation

[ironklad]

I appreciate the pep talk haha. I found a local guy who wanted $20 bucks to re-tap it and that was cheaper than getting my own appropriately sized tap. Took him about 20 minutes all said and done, half of that was him trying to figure out how to safely vise the marker.

Apparently the .825-14 used by manufacturers is roughly close enough to 1/2" NPT if you don't need it to be super exact. I have, in fact, become an armchair expert on threading over the last 12 hours.

[Frmrspec]

Apparently the .825-14 used by manufacturers is roughly close enough to 1/2" NPT if you don't need it to be super exact. I have, in fact, become an armchair expert on threading over the last 12 hours.

Even better if you get the 1/2" straight pipe thread tap.

[Snowpuff]

Just fill it with jb weld... then re tap it, done. Not pretty but it'll work

[BrickHaus]

I'd honestly try to find a NDZ on off asa collar, and get it in there one time. Assuming you can still carefully get a tank in those threads, but they just want to cross thread if not careful.