Hi all,
Many thanks to everyone who helped me out. I used the two half's of the original broken castle nut to run the threads out from in to out (thanks Blueosprey). That then allowed me to run the die nut I bought from out to in and that cleaned up the threads a second time. With a bit of lube and working the new castle nuts backwards and forwards i managed to get both on. Brakes bleed and ready to go.
The only problem now is I noticed one of the wheel nuts ran straight through the hole in the steel wheel. I can only guess that might have happened when a over zealous tyre fitter got carried away with his air-gun when he put the wheel back on after fitting some new tyres last year. I guess it means I'll have to but a new wheel!
Thanks
Phil
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