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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 3 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 3 | We've got a 12" adjustable crescent wrench (made in China). The screw that holds in the spiral adjuster somehow fell out. Would anyone know where I could get another screw? It seems a shame to throw the wrench away when all it needs is a 5 cent screw. It seems to be a 1/4" machine screw about 2" long but the thread isn't 20tpi.
Thanks. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 66 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 66 | It's probably metric. 6mm? The hardware store probably has fine or coarse pitch.
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| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,877 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,877 | | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 841 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 841 | if it gets down to it you can always drill it out and tap to a common machine screw. better than tossing it or driving into town for a metric cap screw. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | Find a bolt with the right threads at the hardware store if you do not have one in your "junk pile" and then cut it off to length...then cut/grind a cross section in it to use a slotted screwdriver. Worked for me. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 864 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 864 | weld a nail in its place...need smooth surface for the knurled adjuster wheel... | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,988 Sir Searchalot | | Sir Searchalot Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,988 | Driving into town? Does he live in the woods? | | | | | Joined: May 2012 Posts: 574 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2012 Posts: 574 | i have rebuilt several exactly how Achipmunk said. when my dad throws out a old crescent wrench, i snatch it up and rebuild it. now i have quite a collection of "refurbished" wrenches, and some work better than new ones 
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