View Single Post
  #12   Report Post  
Posted to alt.home.repair
[email protected] clare@snyder.on.ca is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 18,538
Default Socket wrench sets: SAE or Metric?

On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:13:16 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:59:28 -0400, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

Doing some vehicle work yesterday. SAE socket set
won't work, becuae 10 MM is between 3/8 and 7/16.
And 13 MM is between 1/2 and 9/16.

Suppose I buy metric socket set. Will I have the
same problem workign on English size fasteners?

Do I need to wrench sets in each vehicle?


You buy a "combo set". SAE and Metric. I have sockets and wrenches
in combo sets. It ticks me off American made cars require both.

Most current "american" cars are fully metric, but they use the
oddball 13mm and 11mm etc that are almost identical to SAE sises (1/2
and 11/16) as well as the unique metrics like 10 and 12