17mm socket on a 10mm bolt?

[clare]

Don't forget to flush when you are done, and don't drip on the floor!!!

[Stormin Mormon]

Hey, I don't do potty humor. Urinal kind of trouble, now.

[awilson]

Wrench size is dependent on bolt strength or grade. For UNC bolts, wrench size is 1.5 times the bolt diameter. For example, 3/8-16 course thread bol t, grade 3 or 5 is =1.5*3/8 or =3/8 + 3/16 which equals a 9/16" wrench. For a 1" bolt, again grade 3 or 5, the wrench size is 1.5 times diameter or 1.5 times 1" which is a 1 1/2" wrench. For extra heavy nuts, or 2H nuts , add 1/8" to wrench size. For example, a 5/8" bolt with a 2H nut will req uire a wrench sized as follows: 1.5 times 5/8 or 15/16" plus 1/8" or a 1 1 /16" wrench. Metric bolts are somewhat the same, as wrench size is dependent on bolt str ength.

[devnull]

A 10mm head on a 10mm diameter bolt would be useless in most situations, no?

[Dean Hoffman]

A 7/16 bolt is a bit odd. The bolt takes a 5/8 wrench while the nut is 11/16. I think those are grade 5.

[Doug Miller]

[e-mail] wrote in news:0b408e22-a52d-414b-82cc-1416513f8306 @googlegroups.com:

It isn't the bolts that are confused, it's micky. Bolt size is the bolt diameter, not the head size.

1/4" bolts have 7/16" heads, for example -- the head size is *always* larger than the shaft diameter, else the head wouldn't be of much use, would it?

[notbob]

It would if it were a set screw.

nb

[Doug Miller]

nutjob wrote in news: [e-mail]:

But then it wouldn't be a bolt.

*Do* try to pay attention.

[Kenny]

That ain't nuthin'! Take a look at the way them stoopid plummers f***ed up pipe sizes. OMFG!

[rbowman]

To say nothing of the sexual problems I get into with plumbing projects. It would be better if the fittings were all bisexual and would mate with anything.

[micky]

Well what about a set screw with a hex head no larger than the shaft. I might even have seen one once, but if not, it could be made. ;-)

[micky]

Are you saying that head size is dependent on bolt strength, and thus wrench size will be diffeent when head size is different?

[Jerry.Tan]

Just keep your bisexual hands off my ballcock!

[Jerry.Tan]

7/16 is kind of an oddball bolt size. Small hardware stores dont even stock them! They skip from 3/8 to 1/2. Yet I've had to buy 7/16 bolts several times and had to shop around to find them.

[Tekkie®]

micky posted for all of us...

Try it, it won't work. Draw a circle, put a hex inside it of the same diameter. There will be no shoulder strength. Applying the hex head wrench will twist off the "castle". May as well put a slot in and use a flat blade screwdriver, they are made for light applications but one can put plenty of torque on a screwdriver and mangle it. The reason hex heads are used because one can get more clamping force without cam out.

[Tekkie®]

rbowman posted for all of us...

How could one identify the male/female parts? Take it the veterinarian

[Tekkie®]

rbowman posted for all of us...

Hit send too fast.. Lot of heing and sheing going on in this.

[Tekkie®]

micky posted for all of us...

a wrench sized as follows: 1.5 times 5/8 or 15/16" plus 1/8" or a 1 1/16" wrench.

Instead of asking here DAGS and learn something and don't be critical of people trying to help you.

[micky]

He made the statement. It won't hurt him to say what he meant by it.

What was critical?

[notbob]

Whether or not it's a bolt was never the issue. You sed "else the head wouldn't be of much use, would it?" Never mind..........