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@Rosmal
Right with multiple threads on the stripping of threads this one seemed most appropriate. Now ive stripped my hub, which im peeved at but isn't much of a biggie as theyre cheap and replaceable and for now i can just flip it over, but the problem isn't with my hub.
After stripping one side of the hub i tried to install the same sprocket onto the other side but nearly every groove of the thread on my sprocket was filled with the softer metal from the hub and is being a complete bitch to get out. Now i've tried a number of methods to removed the lodged in metal from scraping it out with a knife/needle (multiple stabs at the finger tips as punishment for even thinking that could work) to heating it up and trying to knock it out, so now the last bits of thread are still there and refusing to budge. I've also tried heating it up and installing it on an old wheel (mangled that hub too) to see if the thread would just clean themselves out.
Now an easy solution to this would be to buy a new sprocket but absolute lack of any amount of money in my possession is stopping me from doing so.
Any suggestions?