Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 22:56:30 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
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Don't you have your Whitworth's handy ?
I do.
I have tools for Citroens, merecedes whatever.
I never let any tool I ever get, get away. They're fun.
Got four whiteworth wrenches..,,,,excuse me, spanners.
and still have my SU jet adjusting wrench, er spanner.
but these days..
it's gotta be fuel injected at least.
I have one carb'd car. A 1970 Mercedes.,
and a dozen vanagons ( vanagon content ) with no carbs.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
To: "'Scott Daniel - Turbovans'" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>;
<vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 10:06 PM
Subject: RE: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
> Ask any MG mechanic!
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Scott Daniel - Turbovans
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 2:36 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
>
> very nice..
> but ...please, what the hell is anything like "19/32" !!!! ?
>
> an example of one place metric makes a whole lot more sense !
>
> looks like you missed 9/16th's and 14mm.
>
> a 14mm is a quite tight 9/16th's, and a 9/16 is a very loose 14mm.
> once in a while that is useful to know.
>
> and 23mm..
> I have never found one of those on any vehicle ever..
> 21, 22, and 24 yes...
> but 23 ..no way !
> and something like 19/32 .............I BETTER not be looking for anything
> like that !
> lol.
> scott
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 6:31 AM
> Subject: Re: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
>
>
>> Here's some common wrench comparisons:
>>
>> Close enough---
>>
>> 5/32 = 4mm
>> 5/16 = 8mm
>> 7/16 = 11mm
>> 15/32 = 12mm
>> 19/32 = 15mm
>> 3/4 = 19mm
>> 29/32 = 23mm
>>
>> Like I said - close enough. These are almost identical. There is
>> enough difference in the other sizes that fit is too tight or too
>> sloppy which at minimum might round off a nut or bolt head or simply not
> fit at all.
>>
>> For the whole table click here:
>>
>> http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/science/wrench-conversion.htm
>>
>> John
>>
>> John Rodgers
>> Clayartist and Moldmaker
>> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
>> Chelsea, AL
>> Http://www.moldhaus.com
>>
>>
>> On 6/17/2011 4:54 PM, Ed Duntz wrote:
>>> I've got a pretty good set of tools, including wrenches and sockets,
>>> to work on my vehicles (three Vanagons, a Mexican air-cooled Beetle,
>>> and a recently-given-to-me '88 Camry). I carry a set of tools with me
>>> that I transfer to each vehicle as I drive it. I'm putting together
>>> two extra basic sets so I don't have to move them from vehicle to
> vehicle.
>>>
>>> I don't want to get sizes that I won't need. Some socket sets, and
>>> many wrench sets, skip a few sizes in the range. Some leave out one
>>> size, some another.
>>>
>>> I should know this from working on my Vanagons over the years, but
>>> please help me out here: what size nut and bolt head (and
>>> consequently, wrench and socket size) can you say you definitely have
>>> and have not used on a Vanagon? How about deep sockets or u-joints-
>>> any particular place you can say you've definitely needed them? I
>>> know 10 mm, 13mm, 15mm, 17mm, and 19mm are ones I've used. 36 mm for the
> front axle and 46 mm for the rear.
>>> What else? What's the smallest that you've had to use? Anything
>>> bigger than 19mm except for the axles? (I know there's one for the
>>> steering
>>> wheel- I've got it but forget what size it is.)
>>>
>>> CV joint bolts are 6 mm allen, or 8 mm triple square, depending on
>>> what's there.
>>>
>>> If anyone can post definite sizes they've used, or can say are not
>>> needed, it would be appreciated. I've heard 16 mm on some a/c
>>> compressors. Is 18 mm ever used?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ed in CT
>>>
>>>
>
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