>>>Fred Alexander said:
> Can you be more explicit as to what a Whitworth wrench is?
Whitworth is a system of fasteners used mainly on older British cars and
motorcycles. The heads are not "normal" size, either SAE (our regular "inch"
sizes) nor metric. The sizes marked on the tools tend to be related to the
diameter of the bolt shaft, not the size of the head. BA, BSF and BSW are other
terms you may see.
If you have trouble finding a wrench to fit properly on the jet adjusting nut
of your SU carb, it's because it's a Whitworth size.
THere's more on the team.net web:
http://www.team.net/sol/tech/whitworth-hist.html and
http://www.team.net/sol/tech/SpannerSize.html
--berry
Berry Kercheval :: kerch@parc.xerox.com :: Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
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