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Bought four sets at Sears about 7-8 years ago metric & standard , standard depth & deep well , measured the inside diameter with my RCBS Dial Caliper - all are too big- loose on nut/bolt heads compared to the Sears set I bought back in the 80's .
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!6mm is quite common on european and american vehicles, not japanese, 9 and 11 less so but I've encountered both. I don't recall ever using a 7mm socket but I rarely work on electronics where it may be used.
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Bought four sets at Sears about 7-8 years ago metric & standard , standard depth & deep well , measured the inside diameter with my RCBS Dial Caliper - all are too big- loose on nut/bolt heads compared to the Sears set I bought back in the 80's . It's probably just a coincidence, but Sears is just about gone.
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I’ve encountered them all. Better to have and not need than need and not have.
I’m surprised you find the 13mm a rare encounter. 13 is the equivalent to a 1/2” and 14 is equivalent to the 9/16”.
What sizes do you find on a Ruckus?
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I’ve encountered them all. Better to have and not need than need and not have.
I’m surprised you find the 13mm a rare encounter. 13 is the equivalent to a 1/2” and 14 is equivalent to the 9/16”.
What sizes do you find on a Ruckus? Mostly 12.
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Wait until you run into some Whitworth sockets.
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The oil drain plug on my JL Wrangler is 13mm. Have used all sizes of sockets you mentioned in the last couple of years. My gripe is the USA should totally switch to the metric system in 1970.
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Interesting input, thanks. I rarely use SAE sockets. All my cars are Jap at the moment. I bought this set because I wanted 6 point sockets, they are considered impact.
I've heard of the 5.5, always wondered what it was for. Thanks
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Wait until you have swollen (lug) nuts!
Then you buy sockets in 1/2mm sizes!
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Interesting input, thanks. I rarely use SAE sockets. All my cars are Jap at the moment. I bought this set because I wanted 6 point sockets, they are considered impact.
I've heard of the 5.5, always wondered what it was for. Thanks I I'd guess that 5.5mm was to interchange with 7/32".
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Model A Ford used among other common sizes the 19/32" and 21/32". How do I know? As a kid, helped the old man restore Model A's: "Gimme the blankety-blank 19/32" socket!". I miss him and those days.
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Interesting input, thanks. I rarely use SAE sockets. All my cars are Jap at the moment. I bought this set because I wanted 6 point sockets, they are considered impact.
I've heard of the 5.5, always wondered what it was for. Thanks I don’t think the Big Three have used SAE in a long, long, time.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Model A Ford used among other common sizes the 19/32" and 21/32". How do I know? As a kid, helped the old man restore Model A's: "Gimme the blankety-blank 19/32" socket!". I miss him and those days. Interesting, as I've got a few old wrenches from my old man who got them from who knows where back in the Olden Days that are those sizes. Not sockets, but open end ones.
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Model A Ford used among other common sizes the 19/32" and 21/32". How do I know? As a kid, helped the old man restore Model A's: "Gimme the blankety-blank 19/32" socket!". I miss him and those days. That's interesting! I have a couple of those sockets and always wondered what they would fit.
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Interesting input, thanks. I rarely use SAE sockets. All my cars are Jap at the moment. I bought this set because I wanted 6 point sockets, they are considered impact.
I've heard of the 5.5, always wondered what it was for. Thanks I don’t think the Big Three have used SAE in a long, long, time. Considering they're built in Mexico, probably not 😀
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Just bought another socket set. (can never have too many tools.)
It came with 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19mm.
I cannot think of a time where I encountered a 7, 9, 11, or 16mm bolt. The only time I remember a 13mm was when I bought an aftermarket bolt to replace a factory and it came with an oddball 13mm head, when the original was a 14mm. The only time I've encountered a 15mm bolt was when working on a fluid pump doing HVAC work.
Where are people encountering these oddball sizes to motivate a tool company to offer them in their sets? When working on Jap cars, seems like 90% are 10, 12, 14, 17, 19 and 21.
I've used all those sizes.
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I have a couple hundred sockets in my pickup toolbox.
1/4, 3/8, 1/2 and 3/4" drive, SAE, metric, standard, deep well, impact, etc..
Gotta have 'em!
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try having some whitworths show up in your tool box. i never even heard of them until i saw these. no idea where i got them. probably in boxes of other schit i scrounged somewhere.
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My father in law had square socckets, we borrowed to take out the old little Giant chain elevator, also two Bebe ratchet hoists.
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I use all that chit all the time
9mm are some battery post bolts and a few ujoint yoke
11?? Gmafb that is 7/16.
16 and 18mm are the ones I have to dump the box out and hunt for. Some oil drain plugs and caliper brackets.
7mm is a common bolt size around dash work and car interiors, audio installs, some muzzleloader nipples too
Too bad Harbor Freight doesnt sell a whole stick of 10 or 12 millimeter sockets
14 is a little tight on some 9/16 applications. Some
13mm that’s close to 1/2” everybody know dat, interchange often
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