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METRIC SIZES VS AMERICAN STANDARD SAE, YOU CAN SWAP

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buck1234

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I hope this conversion chart will help when that elusive wrench or metric socket just isn't available.
10mm = 3/8"
11mm = 7/6"
13mm = 1/2"
14mm = 9/16"
16mm = 5/8"
17mm = 11/16"
19mm = 3/4"


These are all real close equivalents. They might need a slight tap or wiggle just a little but it beats rolling up sanding cloth in a larger socket and beating it on the offending bolt.

Buck1234 :2thumbs: :yes:



 
buck1234 said:
I hope this conversion chart will help when that elusive wrench or metric socket just isn't available.
10mm = 3/8"
11mm = 7/6"
13mm = 1/2"
14mm = 9/16"
16mm = 5/8"
17mm = 11/16"
19mm = 3/4"


These are all real close equivalents. They might need a slight tap or wiggle just a little but it beats rolling up sanding cloth in a larger socket and beating it on the offending bolt.

Buck1234 :2thumbs: :yes:
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:agree: But here in Canada , I have to deal with both metric and imperial sizes of fasteners I have two sets of wrenches and sockets containing the most popular sizes for fasteners and that way I do not have to worry about rounding the corners on the nuts and bolts causing more grief for myself
 
Marker said:
:agree: But here in Canada , I have to deal with both metric and imperial sizes of fasteners I have two sets of wrenches and sockets containing the most popular sizes for fasteners and that way I do not have to worry about rounding the corners on the nuts and bolts causing more grief for myself
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I take the same approach. No use messing up fasteners if it isn't necessary. With US, Japanese, Italian, and British bikes, I have SAE, Metric, and Whitworth in my tool box.
 
NancysToy said:
I take the same approach. No use messing up fasteners if it isn't necessary. With US, Japanese, Italian, and British bikes, I have SAE, Metric, and Whitworth in my tool box.
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I've got a set of British tools that I got for my BSA 441. I'll have to look again but I'm pretty sure they say Wentworth, not Whitworth. What's the deal there Scotty?
 
NancysToy said:
. Also known as BSW, British Standard Whitworth.
I am going back to bed. I thought I had tools figured out, but now if I buy a BSA bike, I need to have BSW tools to work on it.

Just wait till BRP hears about this and changes all of thier nuts and bolts to a different type.......:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:
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I am going back to bed. I thought I had tools figured out, but now if I buy a BSA bike, I need to have BSW tools to work on it.

Just wait till BRP hears about this and changes all of thier nuts and bolts to a different type.......:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:
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I'll just keep my two adjustables handy... one for SAE and one for metric! :roflblack: OIh! I forgot about the Vise-Grips in case I need a hammer... :shocked:
 
Tools... you need tools ?

Like Scotty, I have metric, SAE and some early 1900s wrenches. Best of all, I have them all in triplicate. I'm still trying to figure that out... must be because they are shiny.

Almost forgot... I also have the Crescent hammer and the Vice Grip Hammer. Like sugar you can never get too much. Ken krb1945
 
Bob Denman said:
I'll just keep my two adjustables handy... one for SAE and one for metric! :roflblack: OIh! I forgot about the Vise-Grips in case I need a hammer... :shocked:
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We must buy our tools at the same place Bob!(I recently bought a metric chain-saw!nojoke)
 
If you can't fix it with a big hammer, it's probably electrical!!
Lucas three way switch, Dim,Flicker and Off. For those not familiar with British switch terminology.
 
a riddle

+How much wit is a Whitworth worth, if a Whitworth could worth wit?

Thank god, I only need two toolsets so far...

Ride on.
Roadkill
 
The only way is the metric way;)


Sorry just had to troll a little;) cant wait to get my spyder..
btw.. is there anything SAE on the spyder or is it all metric?
 
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