Originally Posted by Curt B.
If the end is crushed as described by Jerry (highly likely IMO) this is the magic tool to repair it without the chance of cross threading:

http://www.threadtoolsupply.com/murray-tools-thread-repair-system.html

That is a neat idea. If I were rich I'd buy a couple of sets.

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