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Torque & Interchangeability
Torque Capacity** Screw InterchangeabilityHex SizeBondhusBondhus
InchStraight HexBalldriver >
® Tipin–lb Nm in–lb Nm .050 7.9 0.892 3 0.339 0 1, 2 1, 2 3, 4 —1/16 15.9 1.796 7 0.0791 1 3, 4 3, 4 5, 6 —5/64 34 3.842 13 1.469 2, 3 5, 6 5, 6 8 —
3/32 51 5.763 24 2.712 4, 5 8 8 10 —
7/64 84 9.492 39 4.407 6 10 — — —
1/8 129 14.57 57 6.441 — — 10 1/4 1/4
9/64 185 20.90 86 9.718 8 1/4 — — —
5/32 265 29.94 127 14.35 10 5/16 1/4 5/16 5/16
3/16 431 48.7 189 21.35 1/4 3/8 5/16 3/8 3/87/32 673 76.04 318 35.93 — 7/16 3/8 7/16 —1/4 950 107.3 482 54.44 5/16 1/2 — 1/2 1/2
5/16 2022 228.4 888 100.3 3/8 5/8 1/2 5/8 5/8
3/8 3005 339.5 14.88 168.1 7/16, 1/2 — 5/8 3/4 3/4
7/16 4047457.31661187.79/16 3/4 — —
1/2 6033681.72451277.05/8 — — 7/8 1
9/16 8605972.23459390.8— — — 1, 1-1/8 —
5/8 118191335.44711532.33/4 — — 1-1/4, 1-3/8 1-1/4
3/4 204242307.68052909.87/8, 1 — — 1-1/2 — Hex SizeMetric in–lb Nm in–lb Nm 1.27 7.9.8923 3.39 1.4 — — 2.5 —1.5 13.1 1.480 5 .565 1.6, 2 — — 3 —2 33 3.729 13 1.469 2.5 3 3 4 —2.5 63 7.119 33 3.729 13 1.469 2.5 5 —
3 106 11.97 52 5.876 4 5 5 6 5
3.5 14316.1370 7.910
4 264 29.83 131 14.8 5 6 6 8 6
4.530534.5014716.6
5 483 54.57 247 27.91 6 8 8 10 8
5.555963.2427030.5
6 855 96.61 396 44.74 8 10 10 12 10
71090.8123.254962.18 1861 210.2 989 111.7 10 12 12 14, 16 1292326262.81132128.0
10 3563 402.6 1591 179.7 12 14,16 14, 16 18, 20 16
12 5103576.62022228.514 18,20 18,20 22, 24 20
14 8081913.03215363.516, 18 22, 24 22,24 — —
17 145071639.15694643.320, 22 — — — —
19 202852291.98052909.824, 27 — — — — Star SizeBondhusStraight Starin–lb Nmin–lb Nm T5 3.8 0.4 ——— — — 3 —T6 6.6 0.7 40.45— 2 — 4 —T7 12 1.4 91.0— 3 2 5, 6 —
T8 20 2.3 161.8— 4 3 8 —
T9 25 2.8 192.1— 5 4 — —
T10 33 307 252.84, 5 6 5 10, 12 —
T15 57 6.4 414.66 8 6 — —
T20 93 10.5 616.9— 10 8 1/4 —
T25 140 15.8 859.68 12 10 — —
T27 199 22.5 9610.810, 12 1/4 12 5/16 —
T30 276 31.2 11012.41/4 — 1/4 3/8 —T40 480 54.2 36341.0— 5/16, 3/8 — 7/16 —T45 763 86.2 40946.25/16 — 3/8 1/2 —
T50 1171 132.3 44049.73/8 7/16 7/16 — —
T55 1931 218.2 79990.37/16, 1/2 1/2 1/2 — — >
**Minimum torque capacities Bondhus tools generate without breakage.Other manufacturer’s tools may break with considerably less torque. 51