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