From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxz!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!kos
Newsgroups: net.auto
Title: Re: oh nuts - (nf)
Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1684
Posted: Tue Mar 15 22:26:21 1983
Received: Tue Mar 22 22:04:41 1983

#R:houxq:-32000:uiucdcs:7700018:000:365
uiucdcs!kos    Mar 15 04:58:00 1983

An 8 pt. socket certainly should work.  The problem with the 6 and 12 pt
sockets is that the nut may be the same size between flats but the
overall diameter isn't.  Draw a square with 17-unit sides and a hexagon
with a 17-unit diameter and overlay them; you'll see the difference.



				Not afraid of a Whitworth thread,

					Phil Kos
					University of Illinois