I dip the threads in 30 wt eng oil then blow em off w shop air EDIT I would chase the threads w "thread chasing" taps which are different from a regular tap/die set. they dont dig into the threads as much & a set of em (taps) is cheap

Last edited by RapidRobert; 03/14/11 07:28 PM.
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