I find a set of adjustable spanners the easiest thing to keep handy :lol:
Especially on those square studs
You can match some imperial af's to metric, but sometimes with the old bolts & nuts being worn they can round rather than work
I keep both metric and imperial spanners, combination and swan neck ring spanners
Sockets are the same, the hexagonal rather than 12 sided one are preferable, less chance of slipping, black impact sockets are great for tapping onto the nuts/bolts too :twisted:
You will find some fit, look in a haynes manual and they normally list the equivalent sizes across the range
Plenty of wd40/duck oil fluid is also handy
Rather then break the nuts which can more than likely happen, ease them loose then tighten again a few time and you may work the oil into the threads and unwind the the nuts
One good method I use rather than break the fixings, is to crack the nut first, and once it starts but is still tight is to use a air ratchet, and keep going backand forwards with it on the nut complete with sprays of oil now and again, most times you can release the thing in one piece
If you can spray oil the fixings a few days in advance regularly will assist in soaking through the fixing too
(Hope I'm not teaching you to suck eggs here
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