Posted by C(G) on May 18, 2003 at 19:49:27:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: York threads for valve stem posted by Doug Elliott on May 18, 2003 at 17:40:23:
I learned it way back when I was green high school kid trying to do everything by the book and some old codger told me about this trick after making me think that he'd memorized all of the thread data. It's served me pretty well since. Sort of like drilling a hole in plate glass with a mixture of turpentine and camphor.
But don't take my word for it (after all, I've got a mind like a steel sieve), run some numbers and check it out for yourself: