SAE or Metric

[Peter-man99]

I was looking under my car with the intent to do some maintenance pretty soon and trying to figure out what I would need. I noticed that most of the bolts are larger than the sockets that I have. I was actually pretty happy because it means I can get some new tools Is the disco Metric all the way around or is it a mixture?

 

[DeanBrown3D]

Basically you want 10mm, 14mm, 17mm sockets. Get 90% done that way.

 

[Peter-man99]

Thanks! I do have up to 19mm in both the deep socket and regualr and wrenches to match. I was looking at this bolt and noticed I didn't have a socket for it. I am going to put on a bolt-on diff gaurd and I don't think I can do it without removing this (yellow arrow) bolt. I got to thinking that perhaps this was the only bolt this size and I could just borrow someones wrench and socket. But as I looked around a lot of the bolts were larger than 19mm. Do you think the bolts larger than 19mm are still metric? I would imagine so but I wouldn't put it past land rover to mix it up.

 

[davidz]

those are 7/8 i believe, also keep a 15/16 around,

 

[Randy]

I was looking under my car with the intent to do some maintenance pretty soon and trying to figure out what I would need. I noticed that most of the bolts are larger than the sockets that I have. I was actually pretty happy because it means I can get some new tools Is the disco Metric all the way around or is it a mixture?

Simple answer, yep. (both - just be thankful it's not whitworth too!)

 

[Peter-man99]

Thanks, I hate it when I get something "close" and then end up rounding corners on a stubborn bolt.