Chinese Versus TAIWAN Hand Tools
I have used both and in my opinion the comparison is night and day. Some stores like Auto Zone carry TAIWAN mechanic's tools And then there is MEANWELL power supplies versus mainland garbage ...
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Rustofer wrote:Smaller than what? A 7/16" bolt head is 11.1 mm. So a 11 mm bolt head is 0.004" smaller than a 7/16" bolt head. So an 11 mm wrench will fit on a 7/16" bolt/nut.profdant139 wrote:
Speaking of wrenches, has anyone else noticed that not all wrenches are truly sized the same?? I have some newer open-end wrenches that are marked as 7/16 (for quarter inch bolts) that seem to be "sloppy" -- they are fractionally too loose. Am I dreaming, or is that really true?
I don't have a micrometer to measure the perceived sloppiness.
The last 1/4" bolts I bought had smaller metric heads.
It's very unlikely that you bought an SAE bolt with a metric head.
