Trying to remove the blower motor on my '99 Cavalier, I find (small) cap screws whose (hex) heads appear to be between between 5 and 6 mm. Across the flats, they measure about .217" (~ 5.5 mm). The nearest thing I find to that is 7/32", which seems like an odd size on such a new car. This is a solvable problem, but I find it puzzling. Can anyone shed any light on why this would be?
TIA, George
It is likely a specialty socket that is a 5.5 mm. I have a couple of them.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sge wrote:
I don't have a 5.5mm wrench, but do have several 5.5mm sockets so it's apparently not a completely nonstandard size.
nate
Mike Walsh wrote:
in. wrench works fine.
My $29 socket set from Sam's Club came with a 5.5mm socket in 1/4" drive.
JazzMan
Mike Walsh wrote:
in. wrench works fine.
Larger wrench sets may start at 6mm or even 8mm, but nut driver sets and small "ignition" wrench sets should have a 5.5mm
A 7/32 in. wrench works fine.
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