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american v. metric quiry
when a tool is listed as SAE what does that stand for? i always though the A= american & the S= standard but am at a loss for the E. any help? i thought it had to do with inches and fraction there of. you never see it on a metric tool.
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google is correct
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Society of Automotive Engineers.
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So what standard did they (or do they) use in England for feet and inches?
Metric is metric around the world, but somehow I dont think the limeys used SAE anything... |
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SAE is a wordwide organization: http://www.sae.org/about/
For the UK: http://www.sae-uk.org/ Some members... Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), USA Society of Automotive Engineers of Australasia (SAEA), Australia Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (JSAE), Japan Society of Automotive Engineers of Korea (KSAE), Korea
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I think the American system you speak of is called "Imperial" and was originated in the UK.
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sooo, ahhh,,, what do you guys wanna do now?
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Whitworth Spanners is what you had to work on a British Motorcar.
http://www.flyingcircuscars.com/Free/whitworth.htm http://www.landroverclub.net/Club/HTML/Whitworth_BSF_BA.htm http://www.timebus.co.uk/rlh/whitworth.htm http://www.enginehistory.org/british_fasteners.htm Last edited by SteveStromberg; 04-01-2005 at 09:52 PM.. |
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I've got the shift knob off a '67 E-type that I'm going to mount as the knob for my chopper. It's got crummy Whitworth threads from hell...going to have to drill and tap it.
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The US required SAE threads on imports beginning in the early 1960's. I'd be surprised if your shift knob from a 67 e-type is Whitworth, could be wrong however. Check with moss motors in Goleta, CA
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Source for SAE 7/16"-20 forged eye bolts?
like here as an example. see he discribed the thread a SAE. discuss. |
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