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08-09-2020, 12:06 PM | #1 |
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GAV needle threads... unique to this component?
Just interested ...The thread on the GAv needle and inside the housing seems to be a real odd ball...According to Model-A.org the threads are 1/4-24. This thread is virtually unknown in UK ... is this thread used much in the states?
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Re: GAV needle threads... unique to this component?
Outside of the Zenith Model A or Model B carb, I have yet to come across any 1/4-24 threads. The matching tap and die sets are available, however.
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Re: GAV needle threads... unique to this component?
It is not a very common thread pitch in the US.
I just looked online and McMaster-Carr sells a 1/4-24 tap for about 25 USD. So they are out there. You can thank the French at Zenith for this odd thread.
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Re: GAV needle threads... unique to this component?
I am just dealing with this now. We are rebuilding some model B carbs. The GAV
Is 1/4-24 and we need a 1/4 24 bolt for a puller to remove the GAV. Model T magnet bolts are 1/4-24 ,but they are brass. I am going to cut the threads on my lathe for a steel puller bolt. We got the plans for the puller from Renners Corner,they are great to deal with for model B carb information and parts. John
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Re: GAV needle threads... unique to this component?
Isn't it odd that they would use both standard and metric threads on a Zenith. I'm sure there is an old dead engineer someplace laughin' his ass off.
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Re: GAV needle threads... unique to this component?
1/4 X 24 tpi is not even close to a metric thread.
1/4" is 6.035mm so not 6 mm 24 tpi is a pitch of 1.06 mm not a fit there either. 6mm Metric coarse has a pitch of 1.0 mm. 1/4" Brass is 26 tpi 1/4 UNF is 28 tpi. It seems to me that 1/4" X 24 is a real oddball. It's not even BA All that said, I don't understand the American "gauge" threads. I'd never heard of them till I started playing with Model As. Does it fit one of those?
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Re: GAV needle threads... unique to this component?
Nobody said it was?
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Re: GAV needle threads... unique to this component?
thanks everyone .. I guess it's part of the fun of old cars
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Re: GAV needle threads... unique to this component?
POst #5 "Isn't it odd that they would use both standard and metric threads on a Zenith. I'm sure there is an old dead engineer someplace laughin' his ass off."
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Re: GAV needle threads... unique to this component?
As other threads in the zenith are metric, could it be a 6mm x 1mm pitch thread. That would be very close to a 1/4" x 24 tpi. I would try a metric bolt or tap of that measurement first.
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Re: GAV needle threads... unique to this component?
M6-1 is close but doesn't fit -I've tried it. close but no cigar . Though of course one could retap and die things to whatever you like if push came to shove
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I was pointing out that I thought it was odd that they use "both standard and metric threads on a Zenith".
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Re: GAV needle threads... unique to this component?
Jim, would the Zenith drawings be at Benson Ford Archives since the Zenith carb was made by an outside source and not Ford? Something like Houdaille Shock?
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Re: GAV needle threads... unique to this component?
Are you sure that they're not #14-24?
Sometimes people mistake #14 for 1/4". 14-24 is an old ASME thread. #14 is .242" diameter.
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Re: GAV needle threads... unique to this component?
Picking up on what Katy said ...the now obsolete ASME thread standards had number size screws from # 2 (.0842) to #30 (.4526) with many optional thread pitches. Unfortunately there were several sizes that are deceivingly close to the common "inch" sizes. Three of the worst that can cause BIG trouble are #12 (.216), #14 (.242), and #16 (.268) , these came in pitches , 16, 18 , 20 , and 24 tpi.
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Over time the carbs were manufactured by Zenith, Holly, and Ford. I would expect to find a drawing there somewhere.
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Re: GAV needle threads... unique to this component?
Thanks Jim, just curious. I have never been to the Archives.
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