Brake Bleeder Screw

[Grant Lenahan]

11mm = 0.433"
12mm = 0.472"
12/32 = 0.375" = 3/8
13/32 = 0.406" = bingo

Grant
(unless the standards deviate from the simple math)


On May 14, 2010, at 11:10 AM, Mark Rosenkrantz wrote:

> Not that I've ever seen.  If my chart is correct, 15/32" and 12mm are 0.004"
> different.... so if 12 is too big, I doubt 4 thousandths will do it.
> 
> Mark Rosenkrantz
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 3:33 AM, Max Hoepli <mhoepli at vif.com> wrote:
> 
>> Are there 10.5mm 6-point box end wrenches or even 15/32" 6-point box end
>> wrenches?
>> 
>> Max
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Huw Powell [mailto:audi at humanspeakers.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 21:56
>> To: Max Hoepli
>> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
>> Subject: Re: Brake Bleeder Screw
>> 
>> Obviously, it's 13/32".
>> 
>> I bought two rebuilt calipers aeons ago for my coupe.  One bleeder is 10
>> mm.  The other is 3/8".  Really.  Nice work, rebuilders.
>> 
>> Max Hoepli wrote:
>>> I can turn the front left bleeder screw with a 11mm 6-point box end
>> wrench,
>>> which is too big, a 10mm 6-point will not fit over nut. A 7/16" box
>> 12-point
>>> end wrench is too big and a 3/8" 12-point box end wrench is too small.
>> 
>> --
>> Huw Powell
>> 
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>> 
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>> 
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