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Old 11-04-2011, 06:07 PM
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Finally getting around to mounting my XM weather antenna under the cowl. The XM manual says the mounting screws are: M3 x 0.5. Can anyone translate what "M3" means in Home Depot terms? I'm assuming the 0.5 is length in inches. Thanks.

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Old 11-04-2011, 06:13 PM
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Finally getting around to mounting my XM weather antenna under the cowl. The XM manual says the mounting screws are: M3 x 0.5. Can anyone translate what "M3" means in Home Depot terms? I'm assuming the 0.5 is length in inches. Thanks.

Chris
I believe that an M3 x 0.5 is a screw where the diameter is 3.0 mm and the thread pitch is 0.5 mm.
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Old 11-04-2011, 09:46 PM
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Go to the metric section of the hardware bins
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Y'know......... if we'd just gone metric back in the '70's, ..............
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Old 11-05-2011, 06:39 AM
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Thank you. Leave it to a U.S. company to use metric. Go figure.

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Most R/C hobby stores have those size screws.
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Most R/C hobby stores have those size screws.
...and Ace Hardware stores...
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