[Shop-talk] Socket holders

[Chris Kantarjiev]

> Different manufacturers seem to have different 'favorite' sizes, it's 
> rare to find a nut that needs an 11mm socket but my Taurus SHO is lousy 
> with the things.  The Japanese stuff I've run into seems to have a lot 
> of 12mm heads on M8 bolts.

Oh, that's a favorite topic, indeed. The JIS metric standard
is different from the DIN metric standard is different from the
ISO metric standard. Choosing the right wrench/socket is the
easy part. Finding the correct replacement fastener is where
it gets hard. (FYI, Wurth sells a JIS assortment, but it is
truly difficult to find some of the DIN metric nuts, much less nylocs.)