Metric or SAE?
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Metric or SAE?
I know this is a dumb question but I was thinking about getting a tool kit for my '91 runner and can't figure out which to get. Please enlighten a troubled mind.
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don't forget the rear diff, tranny, and t-case filler and drains are 24mm, and the front diff fill is 12mm hex and the drain is 10mm hex (allen keys) or vice versa, I can't remember but you need these two sizes for the front diff.
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Originally Posted by keisur
don't forget the rear diff, tranny, and t-case filler and drains are 24mm, and the front diff fill is 12mm hex and the drain is 10mm hex (allen keys) or vice versa, I can't remember but you need these two sizes for the front diff.
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Its all metric. Make sure you get all sizes going from 8 to 24mm. You'll need em if you do a lot of your own work. And if you really get into it you might need a 27mm and under 8mm, but not too likely. I'm not sure about allen wrenches, but I don't have any on my '89. Get em in wrenches and sockets, with all ratchet sizes, extensions, u-joints, ect... But if you don't do a lot of work, just get a basic kit in metric. Sears has alot of different size kits.
I screwed up, cause I had a chevy malibu that was half metric/half standard and a my buddy's mustang 5.0 is all metric.
I screwed up, cause I had a chevy malibu that was half metric/half standard and a my buddy's mustang 5.0 is all metric.
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I screwed up and bought a Craftsman Mechanic set that had both standard and metric and then had to fill in the blanks with the sizes that didn't come with it. I should have just gotten all metric but like you I was in college driving a '91 chevy cavalier and needed both. now I have a bunch of basically useless standard tools.
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you can substitute SAE tools for metric sizes if you have to, here are a few that fit pretty good: 5/16=8mm, 1/2=13mm, 9/16=14mm, 11/16=17mm, 3/4=19mm, 13/16=21mm, 15/16=24mm, there may be a few more but i cant think of them right now
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