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.

On Oct 31, 4:56*pm, 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.

makes sense to me. The wrench size is the distance across the flats,
the nominal size of the bolt is related to the size of the threads.
SAE works the exact same way. e.g. a 3/8-16 UNC bolt or cap screw
typically requires a 9/16" wrench to tighten.

The only exception that I'm aware of is Whitworth, although I'm sure
that someone will correct me with an even more obscure example.

nate

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

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:04:38 -0700 (PDT), N8N
wrote:

On Oct 31, 4:56*pm, 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.

makes sense to me. The wrench size is the distance across the flats,
the nominal size of the bolt is related to the size of the threads.
SAE works the exact same way.

Maybe you're right. Maybe I didnt' notice because SAE bolts are the
right kind of bolts, and not these alien bolts they sent me today.
Why can't they protect our border better?

Thanks.

e.g. a 3/8-16 UNC bolt or cap screw
typically requires a 9/16" wrench to tighten.

The only exception that I'm aware of is Whitworth, although I'm sure
that someone will correct me with an even more obscure example.

nate

What size wrench do you use for a 1/4-20 bolt?

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


"micky" wrote in message
...
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.

You're being conditioned to accept the new world order,
which will be kinged by the Antichrist. Who will bring death
and desruction and horror, plagues, and famines.

Glad you asked?

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
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..


"micky" wrote in message
...


Maybe you're right. Maybe I didnt' notice because SAE bolts
are the
right kind of bolts, and not these alien bolts they sent me
today.
Why can't they protect our border better?

Thanks.

A friend of mine used to say "great minds think alike". Ed
wrote nearly the same thing. I figure sheep think alike,
great minds go off in new directions. Hey, look! A squirrel!
Behind the sofa!

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
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..


"Stormin Mormon" wrote
in message ...
What size wrench do you use for a 1/4-20 bolt?

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Learn more about Jesus
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"micky" wrote in message
...
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.

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:35:43 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

You're being conditioned to accept the new world order,
which will be kinged by the Antichrist. Who will bring death
and desruction and horror, plagues, and famines.

....and even worse; the metric system!

Glad you asked?

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

16mm?

+ 1.0 !

(formerly + 16/16ths.)

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


wrote in message
...
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:35:43 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

You're being conditioned to accept the new world order,
which will be kinged by the Antichrist. Who will bring
death
and desruction and horror, plagues, and famines.

....and even worse; the metric system!

I had to buy 17 MM socket, and combination wrench to change
the wheel berring hubs on my last Blazer. No such wrench or
English sub to be found.

I think 10 MM is the one that should be called the
Goldilocks of nut sizes. 7/16 is TOO BIG, and 3/8 is TOO
SMALL. But 10 MM is ..... JUST RIGHT. Hmm. I think I'll
take a couple Tylenol (R) PM, and lay down.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


wrote in message
...


They certainly are. What size socket do you use on a 1/4"
bolt? The
advantage of metric is you don't have 29/32 and other
little used
sizes.

16mm?

On 10/31/2011 4:56 PM, 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.

What, do you think that a 1/2" diameter SAE bolt has a head with flats
that are 1/2" across?

Bzzzzzzzt. Thanks for playing, though.

micky wrote in
:

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?



There are two dimensions at work he
1) the bolt shaft, and
2) the bolt head.

The "10mm" refers to the diameter of the /shaft/ of the bolt.

The "17mm" refers to the flat-to-flat dimension of /head/ of the bolt.



--
Tegger

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:04:38 -0700 (PDT), N8N
wrote:

On Oct 31, 4:56Â*pm, micky wrote:
I finally bought the trailer hitch for my Solara and it came with
Â*M10 -1.25 x 30mm bolts. Â* So how come I need to use the 17mm socket
on a 10mm bolt?

SAE bolts aren't this confused.

makes sense to me. The wrench size is the distance across the flats,
the nominal size of the bolt is related to the size of the threads.
SAE works the exact same way. e.g. a 3/8-16 UNC bolt or cap screw
typically requires a 9/16" wrench to tighten.

The only exception that I'm aware of is Whitworth, although I'm sure
that someone will correct me with an even more obscure example.

nate
Whitworth AND BSF used thread size nomenclature for their wrenches
instead of AF size

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
advantage of metric is you don't have 29/32 and other little used
sizes.
Except for such oddball sizes as 9mm.

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:01:06 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

I had to buy 17 MM socket, and combination wrench to change
the wheel berring hubs on my last Blazer. No such wrench or
English sub to be found.

I think 10 MM is the one that should be called the
Goldilocks of nut sizes. 7/16 is TOO BIG, and 3/8 is TOO
SMALL. But 10 MM is ..... JUST RIGHT. Hmm. I think I'll
take a couple Tylenol (R) PM, and lay down.
11/16 is "close enough" to 17mm for most assemblies. A 17mm is just a
tad too small for an 11/16" nut.

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?


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

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:32:08 -0400, Doug Miller
wrote:

On 10/31/2011 4:56 PM, 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.

What, do you think that a 1/2" diameter SAE bolt has a head with flats
that are 1/2" across?

No, but I think it takes a 1/2" wrench.

Bzzzzzzzt. Thanks for playing, though.

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:53:59 +0000 (UTC), Tegger
wrote:

micky wrote in
:

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?



There are two dimensions at work he
1) the bolt shaft, and
2) the bolt head.

The "10mm" refers to the diameter of the /shaft/ of the bolt.

The "17mm" refers to the flat-to-flat dimension of /head/ of the bolt.

You're a Communist, aren't you. Your explanation sounds
reasonsable, just like one a Communist would use.

And you sound helpful, just like a Communiist would be, until you
trust him.

But I'm not going to fall for that.

Maybe you're a Socialist. Everything I said about Communists applies
to them too.

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:55:59 -0500, "
wrote:

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:35:43 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

You're being conditioned to accept the new world order,
which will be kinged by the Antichrist. Who will bring death
and desruction and horror, plagues, and famines.

...and even worse; the metric system!

Exactly.

Inches for defense, not one millymeter for tribute.

Glad you asked?

And to think that there was consideration of official adoption of the
metric system back when Thomas Jefferson was President. How much simpler
things would be if the chang was done then, before industrialization. The
country was still in a rebellious mood when a national currency based on
the decimal system was adopted, but by Jefferson's time had already
turned conservative enough that a change to metric was defeated.


--
There is always an easy solution to every human problem -- neat,
plausible, and wrong." (H L Mencken)

Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar. org

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"

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

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:48:18 -0400, micky
wrote:

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:53:59 +0000 (UTC), Tegger
wrote:

micky wrote in
m:

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?



There are two dimensions at work he
1) the bolt shaft, and
2) the bolt head.

The "10mm" refers to the diameter of the /shaft/ of the bolt.

The "17mm" refers to the flat-to-flat dimension of /head/ of the bolt.

You're a Communist, aren't you. Your explanation sounds
reasonsable, just like one a Communist would use.

And you sound helpful, just like a Communiist would be, until you
trust him.

But I'm not going to fall for that.

Maybe you're a Socialist. Everything I said about Communists applies
to them too.

I apologize. That answer was intended for someone else, who had said
when I turned 65, I'd be eligible for Social Security.

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:45:29 -0400, micky
wrote:

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:32:08 -0400, Doug Miller
wrote:

On 10/31/2011 4:56 PM, 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.

What, do you think that a 1/2" diameter SAE bolt has a head with flats
that are 1/2" across?

No, but I think it takes a 1/2" wrench.
Nope. Guess again. A 5/16 bolt uses a 1/2 inch wrench. A 3/8" bolt
takes a 9/16" wrench. A 7/16 bolt takes a 5/8" wrench, and a 1/2 inch
bolt takes an 11/16 inch wrench. 9/16 uses 3/4, just off the top of my
head.

The issue with METRIC is there are several "standards" Japanese (JAS?)
standard uses 10mm on 6mm bolts, 12mm on 8, and 14mm on 10 and 17mm on
10
American Metric uses 11mm on 6, 13mm on 8, 15mm on 10 and 18? on 10.

European stuff can be either, from what I remember.(ISO)

Bzzzzzzzt. Thanks for playing, though.

On 10/31/2011 10:08 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:45:29 -0400,
wrote:

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:32:08 -0400, Doug Miller
wrote:

On 10/31/2011 4:56 PM, 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.

What, do you think that a 1/2" diameter SAE bolt has a head with flats
that are 1/2" across?

No, but I think it takes a 1/2" wrench.
Nope. Guess again. A 5/16 bolt uses a 1/2 inch wrench. A 3/8" bolt
takes a 9/16" wrench. A 7/16 bolt takes a 5/8" wrench, and a 1/2 inch
bolt takes an 11/16 inch wrench. 9/16 uses 3/4, just off the top of my
head.

The issue with METRIC is there are several "standards" Japanese (JAS?)
standard uses 10mm on 6mm bolts, 12mm on 8, and 14mm on 10 and 17mm on
10
American Metric uses 11mm on 6, 13mm on 8, 15mm on 10 and 18? on 10.

European stuff can be either, from what I remember.(ISO)

Bzzzzzzzt. Thanks for playing, though.


So how come my damn tin shed uses nuts and bolts that take an 11/32"
wrench? Which NONE of my several sets of sockets or nutdrivers or box
wrenches includes, and nobody in town sells onesies in oddball sizes?
(except maybe Sears, who wants an arm and a leg for onesies, to make up
for their deep-discount sets.)

--
aem sends...

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.

On 10/31/2011 8:44 PM, micky wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:28:27 -0400, Ed wrote:

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

Apparently you have very little, if any, experience with wrenches and bolts.

No.

On 10/31/2011 8:45 PM, micky wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:32:08 -0400, Doug Miller
wrote:

On 10/31/2011 4:56 PM, 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.

What, do you think that a 1/2" diameter SAE bolt has a head with flats
that are 1/2" across?

No, but I think it takes a 1/2" wrench.

Which is exactly the same as having a head with flats that are 1/2" across.

It doesn't, by the way. The head is *always* larger than the diameter of
the bolt.

Bzzzzzzzt. Thanks for playing, though.

On 10/31/2011 8:48 PM, micky wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:53:59 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:

wrote in
:

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?



There are two dimensions at work he
1) the bolt shaft, and
2) the bolt head.

The "10mm" refers to the diameter of the /shaft/ of the bolt.

The "17mm" refers to the flat-to-flat dimension of /head/ of the bolt.

You're a Communist, aren't you. Your explanation sounds
reasonsable, just like one a Communist would use.

And you sound helpful, just like a Communiist would be, until you
trust him.

And you sound like an idiot.

plonk

So how come my damn tin shed uses nuts and bolts that take an 11/32"
wrench? Which NONE of my several sets of sockets or nutdrivers or box
wrenches includes, and nobody in town sells onesies in oddball sizes?
(except maybe Sears, who wants an arm and a leg for onesies, to make up
for their deep-discount sets.)



Ha! Check some other tool Mfgs, like Snap-On, Mac and all those, and
you'll find Craftsman is a pretty good deal.

So if you work with a lot of 11/32" stuff, go get a socket or two...
perhaps a 1/4" drive 6pt standard and deep (Being so small, I'm not so
sure they're even made in 3/8" drive). An 11/32" combination wrench,
and/or long box end that includes that size, and your set up for most
anything. They won't run you much, add them to your set, and with
minimal care will out last you and the shed many times over.

Even though the shed may require a lot of 11/32" stuff, all in all it's
really not a very common size nationwide. 1/4" and 5/16" by far surpass
it as the head size for smaller screw wrench sizes.

Erik

PS, All this 11/16" stuff is hex head right? If not, get 8pt sockets.
Last I looked, a couple of years ago now, Craftsman still carried them.

On Oct 31, 2:31*pm, micky wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:04:38 -0700 (PDT), N8N
wrote:

On Oct 31, 4:56 pm, 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.

makes sense to me. *The wrench size is the distance across the flats,
the nominal size of the bolt is related to the size of the threads.
SAE works the exact same way.

Maybe you're right. *Maybe I didnt' notice because SAE bolts are the
right kind of bolts, and not these alien bolts they sent me today.
Why can't they protect our border better?

Thanks.



*e.g. a 3/8-16 UNC bolt or cap screw
typically requires a 9/16" wrench to tighten.

The only exception that I'm aware of is Whitworth, although I'm sure
that someone will correct me with an even more obscure example.

nate- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

You mean you are just NOW finding out there are metric bolts out
there? Amazing! Even more amazing is that you weren't aware that
inch bolt wrenches measure the same way.

Harry K

On Oct 31, 2:28*pm, 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
advantage of metric is you don't have 29/32 and other little used
sizes.

True except for that _one last_ bolt that you need to remove to get
the part out and that will be the 29/32. that wrench was last used 15
years ago and has disappeared.

Harry K

In article ,
(Larry W) wrote:

And to think that there was consideration of official adoption of the
metric system back when Thomas Jefferson was President. How much simpler
things would be if the chang was done then, before industrialization. The
country was still in a rebellious mood when a national currency based on
the decimal system was adopted, but by Jefferson's time had already
turned conservative enough that a change to metric was defeated.


The metric system, once acclimated to, is so much simpler and straight
forward that it isn't even funny. It makes it VERY easy to figure things
in your head.

My only trivial complaint is that the Celsius degree is a tad large for
some things... but I can easily deal with that.

Erik

On 10/31/2011 11:46 PM, Harry K wrote:
On Oct 31, 2:31 pm, wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:04:38 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Oct 31, 4:56 pm, 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.

makes sense to me. The wrench size is the distance across the flats,
the nominal size of the bolt is related to the size of the threads.
SAE works the exact same way.

Maybe you're right. Maybe I didnt' notice because SAE bolts are the
right kind of bolts, and not these alien bolts they sent me today.
Why can't they protect our border better?

Thanks.



e.g. a 3/8-16 UNC bolt or cap screw
typically requires a 9/16" wrench to tighten.

The only exception that I'm aware of is Whitworth, although I'm sure
that someone will correct me with an even more obscure example.

nate- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

You mean you are just NOW finding out there are metric bolts out
there? Amazing! Even more amazing is that you weren't aware that
inch bolt wrenches measure the same way.

Harry K

Metric bolts I can handle. What enrages me are mixed bolts. First
encountered those on a '71 Pinto (belonging to a young lady, natch) with
the german engine, but an american alternator. Metric bolts with SAE
heads. Arrgh! Done for assembly line ease, I'm sure, but try finding a
replacement in ANY head, with correct shoulder length.

--
aem sends...

On 11/1/2011 2:53 AM, Steve Barker wrote:
On 10/31/2011 2:04 PM, N8N wrote:
On Oct 31, 4:56 pm, 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.

makes sense to me. The wrench size is the distance across the flats,
the nominal size of the bolt is related to the size of the threads.
SAE works the exact same way. e.g. a 3/8-16 UNC bolt or cap screw
typically requires a 9/16" wrench to tighten.

The only exception that I'm aware of is Whitworth, although I'm sure
that someone will correct me with an even more obscure example.

nate

Like why do 7/16" bolts have 5/8" heads and their nuts take a 11/16th ??


That one is easy- so you don't have to buy two wrench sets, for those
applications where you have to use a box wrench for both ends.

--
aem sends....

On 10/31/2011 2:04 PM, N8N wrote:
On Oct 31, 4:56 pm, 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.

makes sense to me. The wrench size is the distance across the flats,
the nominal size of the bolt is related to the size of the threads.
SAE works the exact same way. e.g. a 3/8-16 UNC bolt or cap screw
typically requires a 9/16" wrench to tighten.

The only exception that I'm aware of is Whitworth, although I'm sure
that someone will correct me with an even more obscure example.

nate

Like why do 7/16" bolts have 5/8" heads and their nuts take a 11/16th ??

--
Steve Barker
remove the "not" from my address to email

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:46:20 -0400, Doug Miller
wrote:

On 10/31/2011 8:44 PM, micky wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:28:27 -0400, Ed wrote:

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

Apparently you have very little, if any, experience with wrenches and bolts.

That's not it, but I do have a very bad memory for numbers. Even 5
seconds is enough time to forget them.

No.

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:48:27 -0400, Doug Miller
wrote:

On 10/31/2011 8:48 PM, micky wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:53:59 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:

wrote in
:

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?



There are two dimensions at work he
1) the bolt shaft, and
2) the bolt head.

The "10mm" refers to the diameter of the /shaft/ of the bolt.

The "17mm" refers to the flat-to-flat dimension of /head/ of the bolt.

You're a Communist, aren't you. Your explanation sounds
reasonsable, just like one a Communist would use.

And you sound helpful, just like a Communiist would be, until you
trust him.

And you sound like an idiot.

plonk

I thought you'd have a sense of hurmor about this.

It was a very nice post. Thank you, Tegger.

micky wrote in
:



It was a very nice post. Thank you, Tegger.


You're welcome.

At first I thought someone had hijacked your nym and was making bogus
posts.

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Tegger

On Nov 1, 2:53*am, Steve Barker wrote:
On 10/31/2011 2:04 PM, N8N wrote:





On Oct 31, 4:56 pm, *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.

makes sense to me. *The wrench size is the distance across the flats,
the nominal size of the bolt is related to the size of the threads.
SAE works the exact same way. *e.g. a 3/8-16 UNC bolt or cap screw
typically requires a 9/16" wrench to tighten.

The only exception that I'm aware of is Whitworth, although I'm sure
that someone will correct me with an even more obscure example.

nate

Like why do 7/16" bolts have 5/8" heads and their nuts take a 11/16th ??

Same reason that if you have a double-open-end wrench set, the wrench
with 5/8" on one end will likely not have 11/16" on the other - so
that for most common combinations of bolt and nut you will be able to
tighten the assembly with only one wrench set.

nate