Nut Sizes

[chaterlea25]

Hi All,
Going back to the original question,
There are lots of shit sockets advertised as WW on the net, they are nowhere near accurately sized

Try and find proper WW size spanners and sockets from known brands
Search ebay, autojumbles and car boot sales for secondhand Britool, King Dick, Gordon and other UK / German brands

John

[Rex]

Yep, the last jumble I went to (about a month ago) had several stalls with boxes of old spanners on the floor in front of the table. Some were those flaking-chrome things but most were the older pre-chrome-vanadium heavy spanners of fifty years ago.
Probably could have picked a good range for a fiver, and rather negated the idea of "this metric spanner is close enough".

[TGR90B]

Not all bad on Ebay. I bought two WW socket sets (long and short) and both are good quality and fit. Fine for the home mechanic and very reasonably priced.

[mini-me]

You can't beat a King Dick, kate says so anyway

[JohnnyT]

Well I got it off with a little help of some tin foil wrapped around the nut. I checked the nut with the 1/2 w socket and it dropped in perfectly. I swear it wouldnt go on,although the tab washer I didnt see might have something to do with it.

 Does anyone have an address of a reputable Home for the Bewildered? 

[chaterlea25]

Hi Johnny,

Does anyone have an address of a reputable Home for the Bewildered? 

Looks like you found it here

John