11/32, how often?

[shotgunfatcat]

So, I don't think I have ever used an 11/32 wrench or socket, yet I have them. They make my sets more complete in my eyes.

So what have you used them for? Am I using a metric size instead and maybe I shouldn't?

 

[I can fix anything]

Never have, mine are still like new where the other wrenches in the set are worn.

 

[Bruce Lancaster]

That is a very common size for electrical fasteners on old cars, stuff like coil primaries, connections on switches, and so on...the days of ring terminals with studs, nuts, and lockwashers. You could probably determine the age of a guy's car by the wear on his 11/32" open end...

 

[lbgradwell]

I use one to remove the arbor from some of my smaller hole saws (believe it or not)...

 

[shotgunfatcat]

That is a very common size for electrical fasteners on old cars, stuff like coil primaries, connections on switches, and so on...the days of ring terminals with studs, nuts, and lockwashers. You could probably determine the age of a guy's car by the wear on his 11/32" open end...

AH, Well I kinda figured for ignition systems, my set of ignition wrenches (I just got them a month or two back) has two of them. But I haven't gotten around to my ignition on my car yet (as usual no money to work on it).

Any other uses out there?

 

[Sterff]

Ive used them on electric motors and on a starter for a tractor. All of the #/32 wrenches are common on old equipment.

 

[mrshaun]

hi lok's on aircraft

 

[Scout Driver]

Electrical systems on antique tractors.

Scott

 

[plinker]

#7 machine screws and some elec. motors and misc other things use 11/32

 

[kerryt1]

If I'm remembering correctly, that's the size for the inboard end of the flexible brake lines on my C5 Corvette.

 

[ZRX61]

hi lok's on aircraft

Also fairly common AN nuts & bolts

 

[shotgunfatcat]

Thanks for the input guys. Not that I would get rid of them, but I know where to look to use em!

I don't work on planes, or AN fittings of that size, so I will have to look into my electrical arsenal to see what I can do. I have a few cars to work on in the future here where I will probably need them.

 

[jpilgrim]

Standard pattern hex nuts for 8-32 machine screws are 11/32.
I use my 11/32 all the time since I use a lot of 8-32 screws and nuts in the equipment I build.

 

[ecotec]

as an electrician, i use the 11/32 some. electrician nut driver sets (klein, greenlee and such) have 11/32 in the set.

 

[mrholeshot]

A lot of starters are held together with 11/32 headed bolts

 

[rsanter]

I have used mine a fair amount on the electrical and dash stuff on the older fords

bob

 

[Mr.Nutcase]

GM used them on the starter s ....

 

[Simz144]

Boat have a lot under dash

 

[fordbroncodave]

small nuts on electrical systems on old cars, trucks, tractors, lawn mowers is very common.

my wrench has alot of use on it and i know why. my jd model A has them on the coil and distributor

 

[NAYLOR]

8-32 keps nuts. I use 'em all the time.

 

[crewchief888]

i find them on older construction eq, starters, guages ect.
i use a nut driver a lot times, and have a SO comb wrench that has the open end ground down to a taper to get to the jam nut under the terminal

 

[jwitt]

Briggs & Stratton, magneto stop wire connections.

Jim

 

[wreckercologist]

Standard pattern hex nuts for 8-32 machine screws are 11/32.
I use my 11/32 all the time since I use a lot of 8-32 screws and nuts in the equipment I build.

ditto.........

Also some set screws have square heads this size in certain winches and other equipment.

 

[Kev442]

I've probably thrown a 10mm on what was really 11/32.

 

[DaleK]

Had one for an oil drain plug on an old Honda engine I had. Would have thought it should have been metric but 11/32 was the only thing that would fit.

 

[north]

Got this 11/32" ratcheting handle yesterday. It was a 'freebie' thrown in with some other tools. And I thought this was a dust collector size, lol.

Edit: No name or coo.

 

[bonneyman]

as an electrician, i use the 11/32 some. electrician nut driver sets (klein, greenlee and such) have 11/32 in the set.

Electric motors on blowers and such in HVAC have thru-bolts that are 1/4" and the end nuts are typically 11/32". The green handle driver comes in handy daily for hanging and mounting said motors.

 

[Lump]

This one is easy for me to remember...I'm a Chevy guy, focused on V8's from the fifties to the seventies. Back in the day I ran a lot of hot rod big blocks, and they used to be notorious for starter problems (especially with extra-high compression engines), so we were often rebuilding and/or replacing, and/or shimming these starters. I kept several 11/32 sockets and wrenches in my tool boxes for this reason. The small wire lead to the starter solenoid (the terminal which is closest to the engine block wall when the starter is installed) used an 11/32 nut. This was the terminal that you needed to jump across the battery cable lead to bump the starter from underneath, if the ignition switch failed, etc. So, that 11/32 nut was often melted and distorted on big blocks. I kept several spares in my box.

 

[Busted Bolts]

electrical hardware, machine screws, small engine hardware, worn 9mm, corroded 3/8 hardware

 

[sk farmer]

ummm. hello guys. grease zerks!

 

[wreckercologist]

ummm. hello guys. grease zerks!

I work on tow trucks........nobody, and I mean nobody who owns one knows there are grease zerks on tow trucks.

God forbid you mention a grease gun.......they look at me like I'm speaking greek.

 

[Gary S]

I don't worry about the wrenches I haven't used yet, because I don't waste time keeping track of things like this.
My SAE wrenches have all "probably" been used at one time or another. If not, who cares.
What irritates me is the crappy metric sets that are incomplete and I can never find the one I need.
Maybe the answer it to blow up everything with metric fasteners.....................or, like my Son says, "A Crescent wrench and a Vise Grip can be a full set of metric wrenches."