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From: Lars Chance on 25 Mar 2010 09:44 BT Humble wrote: > 11mm will work for SAE 7/16" (most bolts on Briggs & Stratton motors) when > you don't have a 7/16" handy. > That's cheating! (As I'm sure you know 9/16 and 11/16 are also fairly interchangeable with 14 & 17mm and 3/4 will swap with 19mm in a pinch too) -- Elsie.
From: Lars Chance on 25 Mar 2010 09:49 BT Humble wrote: > Lars Chance wrote: >> Have you ever used the 9, 11, 15, 16 and 18?!!? > > 9mm on bicycle derailleurs, 15mm on bicycle wheel nuts. > > 11mm will work for SAE 7/16" (most bolts on Briggs & Stratton motors) when > you don't have a 7/16" handy. > > 16mm and 18mm, nope. Never used them. :-) > I've actually used a 16 (for the first time ever) trying to undo the alternator-bracket on a "Holden" (Vauxhall) Astra. It turned-out that the pulley-tension was spring-loaded (and thus I didn't need to undo the bracket) so I've still never actually completed a 16mm undoing! -- Elsie.
From: Lars Chance on 25 Mar 2010 09:50 BT Humble wrote: > VTR250 wrote: >> I like Aldi. I think competition is good. Aldi generally have >> reasonably good quality stuff at a fair price. It's true that Safeway >> and Coles supermarkets in the same catchment areas have lower prices, >> and I believe that major supermarket chains engage in anti-competitive >> practices. My wife loves Aldi more than me, but I cannot give a good >> write up on their motorcycle boots. My wife got me a pair, I thought >> they'd be good to wear in the wet. They were new at the start of >> summer. I've only worn them about 50 times and they both leak along a >> stitched seam that runs all the way across the front. I can tell >> because I felt the cold water getting in while I was riding and my >> socks were wet 2" each side of the seam line when I stopped. Should I >> throw them away? > > If they're size 9, feel free to throw them in my direction! > Why; have you got 7/16th feet? -- Elsie.
From: BT Humble on 26 Mar 2010 04:45 Lars Chance wrote: > > BT Humble wrote: > > VTR250 wrote: > >> I like Aldi. I think competition is good. Aldi generally have > >> reasonably good quality stuff at a fair price. It's true that Safeway > >> and Coles supermarkets in the same catchment areas have lower prices, > >> and I believe that major supermarket chains engage in anti-competitive > >> practices. My wife loves Aldi more than me, but I cannot give a good > >> write up on their motorcycle boots. My wife got me a pair, I thought > >> they'd be good to wear in the wet. They were new at the start of > >> summer. I've only worn them about 50 times and they both leak along a > >> stitched seam that runs all the way across the front. I can tell > >> because I felt the cold water getting in while I was riding and my > >> socks were wet 2" each side of the seam line when I stopped. Should I > >> throw them away? > > > > If they're size 9, feel free to throw them in my direction! > > > Why; have you got 7/16th feet? No, but I do have motorcycle boots that were worn out 5 years ago. BTH -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: theo on 27 Mar 2010 02:12
On Mar 25, 9:49 pm, Lars Chance <lars.cha...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > BT Humble wrote: > > 16mm and 18mm, nope. Never used them. :-) > > I've actually used a 16 (for the first time ever) trying to undo the > alternator-bracket on a "Holden" (Vauxhall) Astra. > It turned-out that the pulley-tension was spring-loaded (and thus I > didn't need to undo the bracket) so I've still never actually completed > a 16mm undoing! If you buy metric 10mm bolts from Bunnings they have a 16mm nut. Theo |