no_comment@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 6 months agoeverything actually important is already metriclemmy.worldimagemessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down12
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minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoAyo the car thing is absolute bullshit. 10mm bolt for the fuckin brake caliper but 3/8 for the fuckin slide bolts? Get the fuck outta here
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoGM has been using all metric for years now.
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoDon’t know what car you’re driving but I think you’re just using the wrong size wrench/Allen key
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 months agoMy last car was a 2012 ford fiesta. The lug nuts are 19mm. The caliper bolts were 10mm and the slide bolts were 3/8. The car before that was a 2001 cavalier. Not only did it have metric and standard bolts but the slide bolts were fuckin Allen heads. Like literally why?
minus-squarepancakes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoProbably because they were made by American car manufacturers and couldn’t make a logical or consistent design decision if their lives depended on it.
Ayo the car thing is absolute bullshit.
10mm bolt for the fuckin brake caliper but 3/8 for the fuckin slide bolts?
Get the fuck outta here
GM has been using all metric for years now.
Don’t know what car you’re driving but I think you’re just using the wrong size wrench/Allen key
My last car was a 2012 ford fiesta. The lug nuts are 19mm. The caliper bolts were 10mm and the slide bolts were 3/8.
The car before that was a 2001 cavalier. Not only did it have metric and standard bolts but the slide bolts were fuckin Allen heads.
Like literally why?
Probably because they were made by American car manufacturers and couldn’t make a logical or consistent design decision if their lives depended on it.