Originally Posted by
triumph.1
These look pretty bad. Looks like the first and second thread are pretty well smashed together. I'm going to drop it at a friends to see if he can fix it otherwise I will have to find another cup.
If it's only the first and second thread, and the rest are OK, you can remove them with a bench grinder (slowly, taking care to not overheat them) and still have plenty of threads to support the cups.