Well, ya think? I suspect when these were dreamed up most of the
engineers couldn't spell metric. Let alone coming up with odd ball
number like those you mention.
But, in a curiously odd, very odd, way I guess it does make sense... in
the 7 dimension of the Universe.
Any snow up in your neck of the woods? Have a great Thanksgiving Day..
mayf
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On 11/24/2011 1:51 PM, Jon Wennerberg wrote:
> That's a simple one, Mayf. I'm surprised you didn't figure it out.
>
> .927" = 23.546 mm, and .912" - 23.165mm. Both are pretty common metric
>measurements, I guess.
>
> There -- now does it make sense?
>
> Jon a/k/a Seldom Seen Slim
>
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> On Nov 24, 2011, at 4:20 PM, Larry Mayfield wrote:
>
> Ok, now that I have been educate on the facts that GM wrist pins are far
> more prevalent than the Ford pins, here is a corollary question: What
> the heck is up with the odd ball diameters of the pins? When I looked
> through a listing of pins, I don't think I found any with what I would
> consider a nominal dimension. I mean, fords is 0.912 inches and GM's is
> 0.927. Why the odd dimension used?
>
> mayf
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