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I suspect I already know the answer, but I'm hoping nonetheless...
Today I found that when I pedalled my rear wheel didn't turn. After a quick inspection it was clear that the sprocket had stripped the threads on my hub. Ordinarily, I would mourn, then excitedly move on to thinking about the new purchase I have been forced into making, however the hub in question is a rather nice mavic pista hub, which are quite hard to come by and I'm quite unnaturally attached to it.
So the question is, has anyone had any luck, ever, attempting to 'rethread' aluminium threads, there is still a decent 'crest'. I know you can silver solder steel, so is there an equivalent. Any help would be much appreciated...