no_comment@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 6 months agoeverything actually important is already metriclemmy.worldimagemessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down12
arrow-up16arrow-down1imageeverything actually important is already metriclemmy.worldno_comment@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 6 months agomessage-square87fedilink
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.
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.