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Why are Tires Metric and Rims SAE?

posted by  Russell on  Wed Feb 26 17:49 CST 2003
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My guess is at one point they both must have been SAE, but when?








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Why are Tires Metric and Rims SAE?

posted by  someone claiming to be Mike on  Thu Feb 27 17:40 CST 2003 [RELATED]

My first Volvo was a 1958 444. It had 15' wheels and wore standard 15' tires. I also remember that I could do almost any repair/adjustment with either a 1/2 or a 9/16 inch wrench. Swedes apparently were not into metric like other European countries. It would be interesting to know the history that brought that about.







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