billy ray

In 1866, Congress legalized its use in an act reading:
It shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to employ the
weights and measures of the metric system; and no contract or dealing, or
pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection
because the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights
or measures of the metric system.

As a result, the U. S. has been "metric" since 1866, but only in the sense
that Americans have been free since that time to use the metric system as
much as they like. Although there has always been popular resistance to
changing the traditional measures, the metric system has actually enjoyed
strong support from American business leaders and scientists since the late
nineteenth century. In 1875, the U.S. was one of the original signers of the
Treaty of the Meter, which established the International Bureau of Weights
and Measures (BIPM). This agency administers the International System of
Units, the official version of the metric system. American scientists and
engineers have always been among the leaders in improving, extending, and
revising the metric system. The general public, however, has lagged far
behind.

In 1893, Congress adopted the metric standards, the official meter and
kilogram bars supplied by BIPM, as the standards for all measurement in the
U.S. This didn't mean that metric units had to be used, but since that time
the customary units have been defined officially in terms of metric
standards. Currently, the foot is legally defined to be exactly 0.3048 meter
and the pound is legally defined to equal exactly 453.59237 grams.

In 1901, Congress established the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), now
known as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to
support technical standards for American industry and commerce, including
the maintenance of standards of weight and measurement. In 1964, NBS
announced:

Henceforth it shall be the policy of the National Bureau of Standards to
use the units of the International System (SI), as adopted by the 11th
General Conference of Weights and Measures, except when the use of these
units would obviously impair communication or reduce the usefulness of a
report.

http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/usmetric.html



Sad as it seems..... the "French Method" is the official US means of
measurement...the only one we ever had.



"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:440eea10$0$22059$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> Afaik the metric conversion was well under way long before the
> Daimler-Chrysler merger. Both are German names anyway, so I don't see
> what
> your problem is. My 1989 Suburban has metric fasteners everywhere.
> Remember, the metric system was a French idea in the first place.
>
> If this bolt is important (And why would there be a bolt in the first
> place
> if it weren't?) then probably the best place to have the broken stub
> removed
> is a machine shop.
>
> Earle
>
> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:440E1CE7.FF1E9A7F@***.net...
>> My guess would be it's a 3/8" by 16 thread National Course like any
>> other American, but then probably Daimler's converted us to metric.
>> You'll probably have to take the housing off anyway to get a good hold
>> of the stud.
>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>
>> ufatbastehd wrote:
>> >
>> > I installed a Tom Woods SYE today but a bolt broke off that holds the
>> > speedo housing to the front of the case. Would any of you know off hand
>> > the thread size and size of the bolt.
>> >
>> > I'm trying to avoid pulling off the whole housing,
>> >
>> > Thanks
>
>

ufatbastehd

For the record its 8m-1.25
A size I can't find anywhere in NYC so I'll order on line and
drill the old one once I have the correct size bolt in my hands

So if anybody needs to know its here now!

ufatbastehd

For the record its 8m-1.25
A size I can't find anywhere in NYC so I'll order on line and
drill the old one once I have the correct size bolt in my hands

So if anybody needs to know its here now!

ufatbastehd

For the record its 8m-1.25
A size I can't find anywhere in NYC so I'll order on line and
drill the old one once I have the correct size bolt in my hands

So if anybody needs to know its here now!

ufatbastehd

For the record its 8m-1.25
A size I can't find anywhere in NYC so I'll order on line and
drill the old one once I have the correct size bolt in my hands

So if anybody needs to know its here now!

ufatbastehd

For the record its 8m-1.25
A size I can't find anywhere in NYC so I'll order on line and
drill the old one once I have the correct size bolt in my hands

So if anybody needs to know its here now!

ufatbastehd

For the record its 8m-1.25
A size I can't find anywhere in NYC so I'll order on line and
drill the old one once I have the correct size bolt in my hands

So if anybody needs to know its here now!

ufatbastehd

For the record its 8m-1.25
A size I can't find anywhere in NYC so I'll order on line and
drill the old one once I have the correct size bolt in my hands

So if anybody needs to know its here now!

ufatbastehd

For the record its 8m-1.25
A size I can't find anywhere in NYC so I'll order on line and
drill the old one once I have the correct size bolt in my hands

So if anybody needs to know its here now!

Peter Parker

In article <1141861395.729485.140360@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>,
ufatbastehd <ufatbasted@yahoo.com> wrote:
>For the record its 8m-1.25
>A size I can't find anywhere in NYC so I'll order on line and
>drill the old one once I have the correct size bolt in my hands
>
>So if anybody needs to know its here now!
>

Go to Lowes they have that size bolt, also in stainless but go with the
grade so it will be strong enough.


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