What size thread is CATV?

[Terry]

I have a TV set that has broken a small hole around where the CATV exits the housing. It still works. What I need to do is just get a

3/8 or 1/2 inch washer and put over the CATV plug and tighten a nut down on the washer.

What size thread would this be?

[N8N]

I'm not sure, but try to find a stainless steel washer. they tend to be thinner than regular steel, and you may need the extra length of the jack sticking out to make a proper connection.

nate

[Pason]

From:

connectors have a 3/8-32 thread

[Terry]

Thanks

[Steve Barker]

3/8 x 24. but if you put a nut on it, you won't have enough left to screw the cable to. s

[Terry]

It will have to be a thin nut. This would probably be one of those low profit items you have to get at Radio Shack. Probably an item only the CATV guys have.

I might open an old satellite box and see if there is one inside. I can't think of anything else the old box would be good for.

[Nate Nagel]

Doesn't the jack use a small nut already to secure it to its mounting plate? I was envisioning him removing the existing nut, putting a thin washer on (or maybe one on each side?) then reinstalling. That *might* work.

nate

Steve Barker wrote:

[Terry]

This is what I am looking for. I just have to figure out what I have leftover I can take apart to get one.

[DerbyDad03]

Get some 2 part epoxy and glue the connector back in. I'd mix some filler in to thicken up the epoxy, but I already have the supplies

or

Get one of these and modify the case to fit.

[Don Young]

Take either a hacksaw with a fine tooth blade or a Dremel tool with a cutoff wheel and cut a suitable slice off of a cable connector.

Don Young