Opinions on shop's quoted Bravo 3 maintenance cost

[QBhoy]

Except you will always need an 18 MM and they are seldom in package deals.

We are metric here in the U.K. hardly ever used the 18mm, must admit.

 

[Lou C]

Except you will always need an 18 MM and they are seldom in package deals.

true I needed one for the rear shocks on my 2007 Jeep and a few other things.

 

[achris]

Ha, I've been training myself to think in metric for many years, now its 'almost' second nature, and the ironic thing is all US cars have been metric for many years except: diameter of wheel rims, still in inches and lug bolts in some cases, but 19mm and 3/4" for lug bolts are nearly the same size.

When you're old you just have to have better tools:
outdrive jack & impact guns

Australia has been metric since the early 70s, so I'm familiar and able to work in both systems, simultaneously. Quite handy at times.

But despite that, our tyre sizes are also still in imperial

 

[tank1949]

true I needed one for the rear shocks on my 2007 Jeep and a few other things.

and I cannot get a definitive answer why the 18mm is skipped in most metric packages?? It is used on a 1995 Chevy truck, too!

 

[Lou C]

not only did I have to pick up an 18mm socket but I also picked up an 18mm ratcheting box end swivel head wrench for certain jobs where it just fits in better.

"there is nothing so pleasant as just the right tool for the job"

 

[Lou C]

Australia has been metric since the early 70s, so I'm familiar and able to work in both systems, simultaneously. Quite handy at times.

But despite that, our tyre sizes are also still in imperial

not only that here's the bizarreness of it:
diameter measured in inches
lug nuts in fractions of an inch in certain cases but at least 19mm = 3/4"
trailer lug nuts are still 13/16th like in the old days!
tire section width in mm but wheel diameter in inches
as an example:
we have a 245(section width in mm)/70(aspect ratio)-17(wheel diameter in inches) system! How absurd!

 

[Scott06]

not only did I have to pick up an 18mm socket but I also picked up an 18mm ratcheting box end swivel head wrench for certain jobs where it just fits in better.

"there is nothing so pleasant as just the right tool for the job"

It must be winter if we are discussing oddball metric socket sizes... how many have a16 mm? I have a 16 mm that i bought in 1995 in a 1/2” drive socket set. Only seen that size once on a college buddies nissan 200 sx rear calipers...

 

[todhunter]

It must be winter if we are discussing oddball metric socket sizes... how many have a16 mm? I have a 16 mm that i bought in 1995 in a 1/2” drive socket set. Only seen that size once on a college buddies nissan 200 sx rear calipers...

Funny you mention 16mm. Tonight I am upgrading my Suburban tow vehicle to MPI fuel injection and needed a 16mm flare nut wrench for the fuel lines. I went looking through my tools and the only 16mm I have is one side of a double open ended wrench. I said a prayer and used it, and thankfully it worked. It's the only 16mm wrench I have, lol.