Patent ID: 8047923

Claim:
A two-section rod rethreading die comprising: a) a first die section having one-half of an outer gripping surface, a first face, a second face with a first recess perpendicular to said second face, said first and second faces being spaced and in a common plane, said first die section further including a first outwardly projecting alignment pin perpendicular to said first face; and b) a second die section identical to said first die section, said second die section having one-half of an outer gripping surface, a third face, a fourth face with a second recess perpendicular to said fourth face, said third and fourth faces being spaced and in a common plane, said second die section further including a second outwardly projecting alignment pin perpendicular to said third face, whereby said die sections form said rethreading die when said first face abuts said fourth face with said first alignment pin extending into said second recess and said second face abuts said third face with said second alignment pin extending into said first recess.