Wrench Size Spacing

[FJK12]

Here is a little chart I made up years ago to prevent me from loosing my sanity when using metric wrenches. BTW, I refer to anything in meteric as "Heathen units".

What this chart allows you to do is quickly find the next size bigger or smaller wrench if the one you grabbed isn't fitting correctly. I have found 3 instances when this occurrs.

1) Those 90's vehicles where inch & metric head fasteners are interminggled in building the vehicle.

2) When working with metric & discover you have to substitue a close inch size to get by.

3) When fasteners are corroded & the correct wrench size doesn't fit, what is the next bigger or smaller size.

I have this chart posted on my tool box & refer to it constantly. Simply print it in color & laminated it. It has helped me, & may be of benifit to others.

FJK

 

[Bigredmariner]

Nice, I have been working on metric equipment for years and your chart is dead on.

 

[Stumpuller6.5]

Handy!

 

[OPGMC]

Nice! I will hang this on my workbench. Thanks.

 

[Sunset_Z28]

I just printed that out for some guys up at work that always ask me this kind of stuff. Thanks for sharing.

 

[mr_bots]

Thanks!

they still build vehicles that are metric and imperial...my Sierra had both and the Jeep has both.

 

[Diesel boy]

My ford has both its a pain in the but

 

[Longshot270]

Crazy how such expensive vehicles have just about every bolt size and configuration on earth. The outboard I built has 5 sizes.

My boat motor has an 8mm, 10mm, 12mm, 14mm and 3/4" spark plug/prop nut.

The rest of the $5 wrench set are if I run out of fishing weights or need something to throw at morons.