9mm socket

[bad_religion_au]

What in heck are some common uses for a 9mm socket... don't say a 9mm bolt either

in the collective of me, and a few mates, over 50 years of wrenching experience all up, none of us can think of when we ever used that size.

and to think, i have 2 shiny new SO ones...

 

[Monte]

brake bleeder ****** maybe ?

old M5 screws used 9mm too

 

[Techniker]

What in heck are some common uses for a 9mm socket... don't say a 9mm bolt either

in the collective of me, and a few mates, over 50 years of wrenching experience all up, none of us can think of when we ever used that size.

and to think, i have 2 shiny new SO ones...

Batteries- usually ones that have corrosion so badly, either at the hold down or at the terminals (mostly terminals) that a 10 mm no longer fits. I can't specifically recall a make or model, but I swear there are some new terminals that use this obscure size, but not nearly as often as 8 mm or 12 mm.

-Techniker

 

[yogitech]

The only 9mm I use is a 9mm hex socket for the caliper slide pins on newer expeditions, but, 9mm 6pt socket... never!

 

[steveo3002]

side window trim on some euro fords have plastic 9mm nuts

 

[Painter123]

Older Vespa's and Lambretta's use 9mm nuts and bolts

 

[north]

My Nakamura bicycle has a 9mm nut to secure the gear wire on the rear shift mechanism. (Gave me an excuse to buy a 9mm Snap-on wrench. )

 

[mrshaun]

i have only sold them to replace the ones that mysteriously disappeared.
no specifics that i know of.

 

[UK Steve]

Some vw Audi clutch covers, but they are 9mm 12 point.....

 

[Case IH]

As a spacer instead of stacks of washers

 

[mrholeshot]

To superglue to the employee of the month plaque

 

[nato]

The only 9mm I use is a 9mm hex socket for the caliper slide pins on newer expeditions, but, 9mm 6pt socket... never!

+1...I purchased my used '06 Escape a few years ago and went to the brakes and realized it had 9mm female hex caliper bolts
That made me buy a 9mm hex socket to complete my set @ work (upgraded to a S/O complete metric 3/8" hex scoket set). Only damn size I didn't have!!!!!

Only times I've used my 9mm socket, was to removed rusted some 3/8" that there was hardly anything left to grip onto. It only worked a couple of times before I had to torch them off, anyhow.

 

[banditbigdog]

KTM Brembo brake caliper slider pin, would have to be a deep well though, I use a 6 point combination wrench.

 

[SMKS]

My Nakamura bicycle has a 9mm nut to secure the gear wire on the rear shift mechanism.

There are lots of 9mm bolts and nuts on bikes, from my experience. Also a lot of 11mm fasteners.

 

[Moose-LandTran]

Search, this has been covered numerous times before.

And as previously mentioned, brake bleeders and VAG cars often use 9mm 12-point clutch bolts.

 

[Pro-Painter]

9mm & 11mm are common on euro body parts. BMW, mercedes, Volvo, saab, etc. Other then that, I can't think of one single time I have used a 9mm on a real bolt. Their always clips with cheap-o nuts.

 

[Herb]

I have Carrillo rods that have that size, but they are a 12 point.

 

[Moose-LandTran]

9mm & 11mm are common on euro body parts. BMW, mercedes, Volvo, saab, etc. Other then that, I can't think of one single time I have used a 9mm on a real bolt. Their always clips with cheap-o nuts.

Very rare on body parts on Euro cars. 11mm is used a lot on brake and clutch lines, but rarely anywhere else. (Sometimes used on aftermarket headbolts for VM-System diesel engines, and on intake manifold bolts on Fiats.) 9mm is used mostly on brake bleeders. (Often brake cylinders and BMWs.)

 

[asp]

It's a common size on bicycles from the '80s and '90s. Lots of brake parts and derailleur parts have 8, 9, and 10mm hardware.

 

[elect]

Industrial machines of German origin have them, grease fittings in particular. Also Italian glass lamination and cutters too. 9,11 and 12 are all fairly common on the smaller component assemblies. Those three with 14 and 17 will do most everything on the machines but there's also standard usually mixed in.

 

[spongerich]

Honda and Suzuki quads and motorcycles are full of them.

It's the 13's that never get used.

 

[Sh1thead]

Honda and Suzuki quads and motorcycles are full of them.

It's the 13's that never get used.

use my 13 for alot of gm batteries, tpms sensors, and wiper arms irrc

 

[Busted Bolts]

i have run into some hardware on certain hand held power equipment.

 

[reptilezs]

There are lots of 9mm bolts and nuts on bikes, from my experience. Also a lot of 11mm fasteners.

not too many 11mm bolts on bicycles. 11mm on a manitou fork. but as a bicycle mechanic i pretty much never use the 11mm. 9mm is on cheapo derailleurs

 

[Johnny chaos]

My 87 BMW has tons of 9mm interior bolts and a few in the engine compartment as well

 

[jkeyser14]

Some brake bleeders as already said. Had to use one last week on one of my cars.

 

[Tavy]

Brake bleeders, trim pieces, a few weird-fasteners on some Volvo trucks I've seen, and Scania.
Encountered a handful on old, old reefer engine components like the injection pump bleedscrews, intake manifold plugs.
Some pieces buried in the dash of my Ford's and my friend's VW collections. I think I ran into one on an Audi clutch once.. could be wrong?

Most commonly, as a replacement for that 3/8" that you just broke. A 22oz. hammer does the job of persuading it on, and boy oh boy- never rounds 'em off!

 

[bad_religion_au]

use my 13 for alot of gm batteries, tpms sensors, and wiper arms irrc

i use my 13mm all the time on standard metric bolts people have used to replace the JIS fasteners found on toyota's...