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Re: The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. <nt>
07/22/13 06:02 AM


> > The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM
> vehicles.
>
> I think for a while, all domestic cars were like that. No recent cars that I have
> worked on have any inch size fasteners that I know of.

I always assumed it was because parts are sourced all over the world, so the made-in-USA parts used imperial, while the stuff made elsewhere used metric. It seems like American businesses, at least, are finally giving in and just going metric.







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* How am I meant to connect jumper cables to a 3/16" bolt surrounded by rubber and hidden under a massive air hose, you Pontiac bastards? (nt) TriggerFin 07/20/13 04:03 PM
. * Re: How am I meant to connect jumper cables to a 3/16" bolt surrounded by rubber and hidden under a massive air hose, you Pontiac bastards? (nt) krick  07/20/13 05:38 PM
. * Re: How am I meant to connect jumper cables to a 3/16" bolt surrounded by rubber and hidden under a massive air hose, you Pontiac bastards? (nt) redk9258  07/20/13 06:39 PM
. * The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. <nt> italieAdministrator  07/20/13 04:12 PM
. * Re: The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. Vas Crabb  07/21/13 02:01 AM
. * Re: The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. lharms  07/21/13 08:50 PM
. * Congratulations italieAdministrator  07/21/13 08:59 PM
. * Re: The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. TriggerFin  07/21/13 03:53 AM
. * Re: The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. italieAdministrator  07/21/13 02:31 AM
. * Re: The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. <nt> redk9258  07/20/13 06:41 PM
. * Re: The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. <nt> DMala  07/22/13 06:02 AM
. * Re: The better question is why I need both standard and metric sockets to work on GM vehicles. <nt> Vas Crabb  07/22/13 11:19 AM

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