What size nut do I need?

[Syringer]

So I have a nut that used a 7/16" wrench to remove--so naturally, I went to the hardware store and picked up some 7/16" nuts, but apparently that must refer to the inside hole.

Is there a way to tell what size nut I need based on the fact that the outside is 7/16"?

 

[DrPizza]

Nope.
You'd need more info. Why not just take the nut you removed to the hardware store with you? Alternatively, take whatever it is you need the nut on to the hardware store?

 

[spidey07]

You'll need to know the inside diameter and also thread count of the bolt.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

42

 

[zerocool84]

If it's bigger then lime size, you need to see a doctor.

 

[futuristicmonkey]

Could you be dealing with metric hardware here?

 

[Kadarin]

You get a bigger nut if you let it build up for a few days...

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Kadarin
You get a bigger nut if you let it build up for a few days...

BWAFFLE!

So true, so true.

 

[Iron Woode]

you're gonna love my nuts!!!

 

[Chronoshock]

DEEZ

 

[joesmoke]

Originally posted by: Kadarin
You get a bigger nut if you let it build up for a few days...

but dont wait too long! :Q

 

[x-alki]

1/4 inch nut

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Obviously you need to take the 7/16" wrench/socket with you to the store.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: ekrub
1/4 inch nut

This is the correct answer.

 

[MovingTarget]

Are you missing one? Count them....

 

[TruePaige]

Two words.

Slap.

Chop.

 

[Itchrelief]

Originally posted by: Syringer
So I have a nut that used a 7/16" wrench to remove--so naturally, I went to the hardware store and picked up some 7/16" nuts, but apparently that must refer to the inside hole.

Is there a way to tell what size nut I need based on the fact that the outside is 7/16"?

Why do you need to replace it? Did you bust it?

 

[ManyBeers]

probably a 1/4"-(20 or 28 threads per inch)

 

[MovingTarget]

Originally posted by: TruePaige
Two words.

Slap.

Chop.

/cringe

I ithink that one just made my balls recede into my uterus. :Q

 

[boomerang]

Eminem didn't like Sacha Baron Cohen's nuts.

 

[Paperdoc]

The wrench size does not tell you. Nuts and bolts a specified by two numbers: the diameter, and a threads/inch count. Diameter may be expresed either as a simple integer number, or as a fraction of an inch. So you might see a size label like "8 x 24" or like "1/4 x 20". Metric diameters always are integer numbers (in mm) and their threads are per mm, not per inch, so they look like "10 x 2.0".

Take the old nut to the store. If it's still in decent shape, just try out bolts that look the right size, and see if they will thread into and though the nut smoothly. If it jams quickly, the bolt is wrong. If it is really stiff but still will thread right through, probably the right bolt but the nut is rusty or distorted out-of-round. Whatever fits, look at its label, something like 1/4 x 20 - and find that nut. Verify to be sure it fits the same bolt.

As futuristicmonkey said, don't forget to try metric ones.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: MovingTarget

Originally posted by: TruePaige
Two words.

Slap.

Chop.

/cringe

I ithink that one just made my balls recede into my uterus. :Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9UzV1YdEJ4

 

[BlackTigers]

Take the nut to the hardware store. All the stores around me have threaded test bolts that you can thread the nut onto. It'll give you your ID and thread pitch

 

[Wheezer]

Originally posted by: spidey07
You'll need to know the inside diameter and also thread count of the bolt.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Syringer

Is there a way to tell what size nut I need based on the fact that the outside is 7/16"?

Should be two options more or less coarse thread and fine...but there can be several options....

This is a quick google:
http://euler9.tripod.com/bolt-database/34.html

should be looking for a 1/4" nut.