Wrench sets designed for SI bolts often include wrenches at 1 mm increments while wrench sets designed for imperial bolts often

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2 years ago

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Wrench sets designed for SI bolts often include wrenches at 1 mm increments while wrench sets designed for imperial bolts often

include wrenches at 1/16" increments. With only a metric wrench set on hand, which metric wrench would best fit a 5/8" bolt?

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juin [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-06T18:39:28+03:00

juin [17]2 years ago

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So 5/8 inches to milimeters
we know that 1 in=2.54 cm so
5/8 in times 2.54= 1.5875 cm
1 cm=10 mm
1.5875 cm times 10=15.875mm aprox 16 mm, but best to go smaller since it won't fit if bigger

answer: 16mm (my recomendation would be 15mm)