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
>>
>>