RE: Public Thanks (Brake Rebuild 101)

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <933713F1FB7BD111AC2300A0C98F1AD10102C35B@MILXPR06> "Buchholz, Steven" writes:

> There is one advantage to 12 points, given that both the nut and socket are
> 12 point ... and that is that you can apply more torque to the fastener than
> you could for a 6-point fastener of the same size ...

Yes, but most nuts are 6-point.

Certainly on an old exhaust manifold nut, I would want nothing but a
6-point.  They're _so_ easy to round off with a 12-point.

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 Phil Payne
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