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Originally Posted by glwood54
This is my favorite FAQ/Answer:
Q - I notice you only use standard measurements although the rest of the car is metric, what gives?
A - There are two types of standard measurement systems and only one of them has carried men to the moon. Do I need to say any more?
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I've been working on some brackets of my own design and I discovered another reason to use SAE for this application: the slot in the roof rail is a little over 3/8 inch wide, so using 3/8 inch carriage bolts to mount the bracket is perfect. M10 carriage bolts are too big; and while M8 carriage bolts do fit, it's a little loose. The 3/8 inch carriage bolt is just right. Could this have been an accident? I'm not saying it was aliens, but . . .
I wanted to use metric, because I thought it was lame using SAE on a Toyota (one of the frustrations of owning older GM cars is having to keep both metric and SAE tools handy), but SAE it is, for this application.