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> how many screw standards are still in use?

Basically 2: metric and imperial. It's quite common for shops to have both.




Depends on where and what kind of shop. In Europe it's all metric. Unless you are in a very special field, maybe aviation or Harley repair shop?


There is still plenty of scope for tears. I had a Shimano internal hub gearing system on a bike. It had a bolt and nut with a thread that was unusually tight. More threads per mm.

It was very easy to strip and I did it numerous times. Every second time I ordered new ones the wrong ones came and Iā€™d strip them too.

Internal hub gearing is amazing, but comes with intense pain.


The metric standard distinguishes 3 thread pitches: regular, fine, and superfine. So even if you say it's the same standard, not everything of the same size matches.

I also have Shimano internal hub. It's claimed spare parts are impossible to get. Of course just a screw might be different. When it broke it was replaced as a whole, luckily on warranty.




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