m8 Flexible tap connectors

[P.S.]

Need, ideally flexible but ridged will do, M8 thread, 8mm bore with a 15mm compression or tail, tap connector.

Where can I get them ??

Got a very small monobloc basin tap, but has an 8mm thread for the tap connectors, which i dont have.

screwfix, plumbase, plumbcentre, and two local plumbers merchants have never seen them before !

Any ideas ?

 

[chrishutt]

Are you sure it's an M8 thread? I think M10 and M12 are the usual ones. Perhaps you've measured it the wrong way?

 

[P.S.]

First response from everywhere I've been today, until I produce said tap from my pocket.

Definitely 8mm

 

[chrishutt]

Any chance of drilling out the 8mm threads and using a tap to cut 10mm threads? It's not that difficult to do .

 

[clf-gas]

Thems French, aint they

 

[solo]

You must have rigid tails with it. Cut off as high as you can and use normal flexi's from that point.

 

[P.S.]

Any chance of drilling out the 8mm threads and using a tap to cut 10mm threads? It's not that difficult to do .

No chance as it has a machined lip to take the 'o' ring and the threads are too close together so two 10mm threads would probably clash.

Thems French, aint they

dunno but was told "it aint british mate, get a british tap" useful :-\

You must have rigid tails with it. Cut off as high as you can and use normal flexi's from that point.

Nope, got no tails. This tap "fell off the back of a basin" in a plumbers merchants

 

[ChrisR]

Cut a thread on some 8mm microbore and araldite it in...

or phone Lunns
http://www.lunns.net/

 

[chrishutt]

Cut a thread on some 8mm microbore

Wouldn't the depth of the thread cut (around 1mm ?) be a bit much for a pipe with a wall thickness of 0.6 mm?

 

[ChrisR]

Details, details!
OK, Get some 8mm microbore, Hammer it in and araldite it.

 

[chrishutt]

Details, details!
OK, Get some 8mm microbore, Hammer it in and araldite it.

Drilling out the old threads to give a smooth 8mm socket might help. If you remove the headgear of the tap and any other heat sensitive parts you could solder the 8mm tails in.

 

[P.S.]

To be honest, the correct connectors MUST be available (somewhere) and I really don't fancy the hammer, araldite, new thread cutting or solder options

Thanks

 

[ChrisR]

Do try Lunns.

 

[P.S.]

Well, they do exist and here they are

 

[M.G]

Well, they do exist and here they are

Could anyone tell me where to get them from as I'm trying to repair a tap for a customer and can only get 10 or 12mm