Ron L
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Frank you are a wealth of information! Glad you are on the list.
John, get yourself a decent thread pitch gauge and measure the tapped hole or old bolt. I believe you will find 99% of any bolts on a Commando will be either SAE (UNF, UNC); CEI (BSC) 26 TPI; or BA (small cap screw). British standard fine (BSF) and Whitworth threads (BSW) are rarely used on a Commando if at all.
Whitworth wrench sizes fit all hex heads for British thread form fasteners. Of course occasionally you will find a close fit with an SAE inch-size or a metric.
I find a decent set of Whitworth combination wrenches and sockets are a must, along with the usual SAE selection. Kokon, Japanese made sockets are relatively inexpensive and decent quality and Acesa, Spanish wrenches are well made for the hobby user. I find that Snap-On sockets are too thick to fit over certain hex bolts such as cylinder head bolts, but the slimmer Kokon fit nicely.
John, get yourself a decent thread pitch gauge and measure the tapped hole or old bolt. I believe you will find 99% of any bolts on a Commando will be either SAE (UNF, UNC); CEI (BSC) 26 TPI; or BA (small cap screw). British standard fine (BSF) and Whitworth threads (BSW) are rarely used on a Commando if at all.
Whitworth wrench sizes fit all hex heads for British thread form fasteners. Of course occasionally you will find a close fit with an SAE inch-size or a metric.
I find a decent set of Whitworth combination wrenches and sockets are a must, along with the usual SAE selection. Kokon, Japanese made sockets are relatively inexpensive and decent quality and Acesa, Spanish wrenches are well made for the hobby user. I find that Snap-On sockets are too thick to fit over certain hex bolts such as cylinder head bolts, but the slimmer Kokon fit nicely.