grease works just as well, just lather up the whole shaft really well, it will wipe off, and will leave a film for sliding in when you rebuild the motor.

Electrical tape is the key

Lots of it https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif

HAHA---

i found that out the hard way too. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png



no worries though... either live n learn, or buy some very small files to clean the threads back up.

my local metric hardware shop does thread repair

I found this out the hard way but i just used the nut to straighten them back out.

I was worried.