The effective diameter of the bolt defines the size of the bolt head. Hence the size of the spanner or wrench that fits the bolt. There are certain exceptions but these are usually specialist applications.
you use a spanner to open a rusted nut bolt because you need a strong tool to open a rusted nut bolt.
How to calculate spanner size regarding bolts and nuts
what the hex a wrench? Hex wrench is short for hexagonal wrench, that is a wrench or spanner designed to fit a certain size nut or bolt.
17mm spanner
Its a 13mm spanner that you require.
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A spanner is another word for box-end wrench. So, a 14 spanner would be a metric size 14 box-end wrench.
The hexagonal head is easy for a spanner/wrench to get a firm hold on.
use a spanner of size 12 and undo all the bolts around it then the bolt on the inside the pull them out very slowly and carefully hope this helps
To the best of my knowledge, there is no such thing as an 'AF screw thread'. AF actually stands for 'Across Flats', and is the measurement term for the width of certain spanners jaws. A 7/16" AF spanner for example measures 7/16" across the jaws. AF spanners were designed to fit several older type of screw threaded bolts, such as BSW, BSF and others. A 7/16 AF spanner will fit both a 3/16 BSW and 1/4 BSF bolt. You can of course find spanners with BSW measurements on them, however, a 3/16 BSW spanner indicates that the threaded part of the bolt is 3/16" in diameter, the actual size across the jaws of the spanner is as described above, 7/16", which mirrors the size of the hexagonal head of the bolt measured across the flats, this principle is essentially the same when dealing with BSF. The whole subject of screw threads (particularly the older ones) is quite a minefield, but I hope this brief explanation is of some help! Mikesk AF simply means across flats.So the size marked on the spanner is the distance between the flats of an open end spanner or the opposing sides of the nut or bolt it fits.BSW,BSF and BA spanners and sockets are not AF as such as the size stamped on them is the size of the threaded part of the bolt or nut they fit. There is a comparison chart for the different standards in imperial and metric on the web site Baconsdozen which explains how to identify the different threads etc.
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