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Default What size tap needed to rethread wheel hub bolt holes?

Hi all – just a quick question for the forum collective.

Due to a sequence of events involving a tyre monkey with an enthusiastic rattle gun, I’ve got damage to some of the threads in both rear wheel hubs. The bolts will tighten but the threads on the bolts are being stretch in doing.

So I don’t have to replace wheel bolts each time I remove a wheel, and avoid having to replace the entire hubs, I want to try and re-cut the threads in the hubs.

Does anyone know what size tap & die I would need? And as I’ve not rethreaded anything before any useful advice/words of wisedom would be welcome (I shall obviously be consulting several videos on YouTube as well!), and apologises if this is a very novice/silly question!

Cheers
 

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