Originally Posted by
insub2
I'll take a better look at it an probably use a Dremel. The bent threads are set back and I don't want to file away the good threads at the start.
Wait a minute. If the bad threads are inside but the first few threads are good then you have no problems having a tap clean them up as it will get a proper start. FBinNY and I assumed (there's that word again) that the lead thread was damaged which would make starting a tap very problematic.
Note to FB: I thought my "solution" was too good to be true. Nice to know why.