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Default 17mm socket on a 10mm bolt?

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:02:38 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:44:30 -0400, micky
wrote:

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:28:27 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:56:08 -0400, micky
wrote:

I finally bought the trailer hitch for my Solara and it came with
M10 -1.25 x 30mm bolts. So how come I need to use the 17mm socket
on a 10mm bolt?

SAE bolts aren't this confused.


They certainly are. What size socket do you use on a 1/4" bolt? The


1/4" No?

7/16"


I wonder if this is why my old car rattled.


advantage of metric is you don't have 29/32 and other little used
sizes.