Threaded Endpin Jack

I have used this endpin jack for several years and recently bought the tap made to cut grooves in the tail block. I have to tighten up the endpin with silicon now to keep tight. this is a very good output jack

I recently purchased a thread in endpin jack. I got busy and fired up the soldering iron and proceded to get to work. Pickups ready and a new volume pot also just purchased it should have gone really smooth. A short time later I was ready to test out my work. This is not the first guitar project I have done and was pretty confident what the results would be. Into the music studio I go and plug the bad boy in. What.. it doesn't work... What went wrong Check all the connections and every thing is as it should be. A short time later I discovered that the endpin jack was defective.

Man all that work and I a get a defective part. A little part hunting in my box of spare parts and I located a jack that I could use in the short term, but now require a replacement from StewMac. Never Have I had a problem with defective parts before