Despite being standardised in the late 1800s, BA threads, the British Association threads used in old electrical equipment, including vehicle magnetos, are based on the metric system. A BA0 bolt has is 6mm in diameter, 1mm in pitch and needs a 10.5mm spanner. From here, multiply the pitch by 0.9 to get the pitch of …
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