"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote in
news:dqGdnaPILOFiR1LbnZ2dnUVZ_oimnZ2d@sedona.net:

> "Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
> news:Xns99971F7646tegger@207.14.116.130...
>>
>>
>> Hey, I just thought of something: if you can't check the wheel nut
>> size with a non-impact socket because you live in an apartment
>> bulding that prohibits working on your car, HOW WILL YOU USE AN
>> IMPACT SOCKET TO WORK ON THAT SAME CAR? Where would you legally plug
>> the gun in and use it?
>>
>> The answer is, that you must be a thief...
>>
>
> Or that he is using a 12V impact gun. I consider it a luxury, but
> there is a market. Or perhaps he does the work in the hangar he uses
> for his job... most of the A&Ps I've known brought their cars in to
> work where there is a nice compressor and lots of smooth floor and his
> tool box (he doesn't bring that home at night, I bet.) If the sockets
> are where he works and the car is at home it wouldn't be terribly
> convenient to check the size that way either.
>



Yeah, that's a good point.


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ourkid2000 <ourkid2000@gmail.com> wrote in news:1188055657.288683.124200
@q3g2000prf.googlegroups.com:

> Aircraft mechanics get paid garbage wages and work garbage
> shifts...........Its so bad, i'm going to leave the industry as soon
> as I get a chance. Being responsible for so many people and getting
> paid 22 bucks an hour while working nightshifts every night just ain't
> worth it to me.
>
> And yes, all my sockets are at work.........and its a big deal for me
> to take tools home because our toolboxes are checked weekly for
> missing items by the Quality Assurance department. If I have a missing
> tool, it is assumed it was left on an airplane and its a huge fuss.
>
> I can work on my car a little bit in the parking lot in this building.
> I just wanted to know the nut size so I could go down and get an
> impact socket!!!
>
>


OK, now it makes more sense.

Wheel lug nuts are either 19mm or 21mm. All the Honda ones I've encountered
are 19mm.

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Tegger

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ourkid2000 <ourkid2000@gmail.com> wrote in news:1188055657.288683.124200
@q3g2000prf.googlegroups.com:

> Aircraft mechanics get paid garbage wages and work garbage
> shifts...........Its so bad, i'm going to leave the industry as soon
> as I get a chance. Being responsible for so many people and getting
> paid 22 bucks an hour while working nightshifts every night just ain't
> worth it to me.
>
> And yes, all my sockets are at work.........and its a big deal for me
> to take tools home because our toolboxes are checked weekly for
> missing items by the Quality Assurance department. If I have a missing
> tool, it is assumed it was left on an airplane and its a huge fuss.
>
> I can work on my car a little bit in the parking lot in this building.
> I just wanted to know the nut size so I could go down and get an
> impact socket!!!
>
>


OK, now it makes more sense.

Wheel lug nuts are either 19mm or 21mm. All the Honda ones I've encountered
are 19mm.

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Tegger

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www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

 

"ourkid2000" <ourkid2000@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1188055657.288683.124200@q3g2000prf.googlegro ups.com...
> Aircraft mechanics get paid garbage wages and work garbage
> shifts...........Its so bad, i'm going to leave the industry as soon
> as I get a chance. Being responsible for so many people and getting
> paid 22 bucks an hour while working nightshifts every night just ain't
> worth it to me.
>

Sorry to hear that. The mechanic I knew was back in 1971 when things should
have been better for airline employees. Back before hubs and deregulation
and outsourcing to India.

 

"ourkid2000" <ourkid2000@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1188055657.288683.124200@q3g2000prf.googlegro ups.com...
> Aircraft mechanics get paid garbage wages and work garbage
> shifts...........Its so bad, i'm going to leave the industry as soon
> as I get a chance. Being responsible for so many people and getting
> paid 22 bucks an hour while working nightshifts every night just ain't
> worth it to me.
>

Sorry to hear that. The mechanic I knew was back in 1971 when things should
have been better for airline employees. Back before hubs and deregulation
and outsourcing to India.