bumble-70442

Good morning. I am replacing t10 socket on instrument cluster and lower panel lights as some are missing. It seems that just about everything that is available foe replacement sockets are for 1/2 in or 13 mm hole. The holes on my car are more like 16mm dia. Is there some reason for different hole sizes? I have found what is being called a large t10 socket but they are not supposed to fit my car, I would appreciate any input on this

joe_padavano

You are waaaay overthinking this. That's called "clearance" The sockets are all the same and fit into the holes in the cluster. These were not intended to be a precision fit.

bumble-70442

Overthimking or not the 1/2 in 13mm sockets spin in the hole and do not lock in place Below is the difference I am referring to
ike the larger ones I took out of the cluster

bumble-70442

The plot thickens. In my instrument cluster I have 2 different size socket holes. left pod are all 1/2 in holes (temp, oil pressure, fuel and 2 warning light's, center (Speedometer has 2 5/8 in holes and right (tach and clock has 2 5/8 in holes. I guess it is never safe to assume.. Has anyone run into this?