Hex Head Bolt and Clearance Hole Installation Tolerance Table Chart

Mechanical Tolerance Standards Charts

The following is a recommended mechanical tolerance and hole sizes for standard ANSI hex head fasteners. Note that all dimensional data and tolerances are given in inch units.

SIZE HEAD
HEIGHT
TAPPED HOLE
POSITION TOL
CLEARANCE HOLE
DIA. TOL. LIMITS
HOLE POSITIONAL TOLERANCE
HEAD WIDTH
FLAT-FLAT
.073-64/72
#1
.050 .005 .073
.068
.003 .125
.086-56/64
#2
.086 .008 .107
.100
.006 .140
.112-40/48
#4
.112 .009 .137
.127
.006 .183
.138-32/40
#6
.138 .014 .174
.164
.012 .226
.164-32/36
#8
.164 .016 .203
.192
.012 .270
.190-24/32
#10
.190 .022 .238
.226
.014 .312
.250-20/28 .250 .024 .300
.288
.014 .375
.3125-18/24 .3125 .024 .371
.351
.014 .468
.375-16/24 .375 .024 .435
.415
.016 .563
.4375-14/20 .4375 .024 .4975
.478
.016 .656
.500-13/20 .500 .024 .564
.544
.020 .750
.625-11/18 .625 .028 .693
.673
.020 .938
.750-10/16 .750 .028 .818
.798
.020 1.125
.875-9/14 .875 .028 .943
.923
.020 1.313
1.00-8/12 1.00 .028 1.068
1.048
.020 1.500

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