Imperial or Metric Bolts

[nameuser]

I am an older gearhead from the 60's. I hoped to be dead before having to convert to metric but alas I am still ratcheting.

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[Nickp]

My understanding is that cars have been 100% metric for a few decades now.

Actually pretty interesting info. Anything designed after 1985 by Ford was Metric and a decent amount prior to that was already.

https://usma.org/going-metric-pays-off#ford

 

[Efthreeoh]

allegedly. Lol

Riiiiigggghhhtttt.

Put down the bong and ...

 

[Efthreeoh]

I am an older gearhead from the 60's. I hoped to be dead before having to convert to metric but alas I am still ratcheting.

Is it really that difficult to deal with both SAE and Metric fasteners? It's not like they are different in operational concept.

Older gearhead from the 1970's BTW.

 

[Doc Rocket]

allegedly. Lol

 

[nameuser]

Is it really that difficult to deal with both SAE and Metric fasteners?
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I mainly work on Early Broncos and can tell the difference between 7/16, 1/2, & 9/16 from 5 feet away even with my poor eyes, but my mind still does not work well in MM. I occasionally drop in a 5.0 to try and ease into the metric thing.

 

[AZ_Liberty]

Is it really that difficult to deal with both SAE and Metric fasteners? It's not like they are different in operational concept.

Wife had a Jeep Cherokee. One of the starter bolts was SAE. The other was metric.

That took... quite a while to figure out while underneath the car.

As long as it's consistent, I don't mind. But mixed parts is a pain.

 

[Silver-Bolt]

All the threads will be metric. The drives will be a combination of hex and torx.

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