CLEARANCE HOLES FOR ASME

TECHNICAL 818.2.8
DATA BOLTS, SCREWS, AND STUDS 1999

IFI NOTES:

1. ASME 818.2.8 is a standard developed through the procedures of

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 818.2.8 is under
the jurisdiction of ASME Standards Committee 818 and is the di-
rect responsibility of its Subcommittee 2.

2. This abstract has omitted the clearance holes for metric fasteners
and the metric clearance hole allowances. and presents only the
inch series recommended clearance holes and allowances. For
the omitted information. refer to the complete ASME 818.2.8.

3. This standard was authorized in December of 1998 and was ap-

proved in August of 1999. ASME 818.2.8-1999 is reprinted with the
permission of its publisher, The American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, Three Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5990, U.S.A.

1. Scope tion as letters, numbers, or fractional sizes. The

This standard covers the recommended
clearance hole sizes for #0 through 1.5 inch fas-
teners In three classes of clearance using a
close-, normal-, and loose-fit category.
2. Comparison with ISO Standards
2.1 Metric Fasteners
(Refer to the complete specification.)
2.2 Inch Fasteners
The hole sizes for inch fasteners are
patterned after USA common usage and the
general clearances translated from the metric
standard. The hole tolerances are based on the
ISO System of Limits and Fits, as required by
ISO 273.
3. Dimensions
3.1 Inch Fasteners
The recommended drill sizes for inch fas-
teners are tabulated by nominal drill designa-
drill sizes were selected to provide as nearly as
practical a step-patterned clearance size for the
minimum recommended hole (see Table 1). The
maximum recommended hole size is based on
standard hole tolerances . The tabulated drill and
hole sizes in Table 2 list the inch fastener clear-
ance hole recommendations.
3.2 Metric Fasteners
(Refer to the complete specification.)
3.3 Tolerances
The clearance hole tolerances for both
inch and metric holes are based on ISO 286,
ISO System of Limits and Fits, using tolerance
class H12 for close-fit, H13 for normal-fit, and
H14 for loose-fit clearance holes.
3.4 Clearances
The clearances provided by the three
classes of fit are based on regularly stepped
clearances as listed in Table 1.

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Table 1 Inch Clearance Hole Allowances

Nominal Fit Classes
Screw SaG Normal Close Loose
#0.#4 1164 0.008 1/32
#5 - 7/16 1/32 1164 3164
1/2, SIB 1/ 16 1/32 7164
3/4 , 7/8 1/ 16 1f32 5/32
1 3132 1/32 5/32
1-1 /8,1-1 /4 3132 1/32 3/16
1-318, 1-1/2 118 1/16 15164
GENERAL NOTE: Dimensions are In Inches,

Table 2 Clearance Holes for Inch Fasteners

Fit Classes
Nominal Normal Close Loose
Screw
Size Nominal Hole Diameter Nominal Hole Diameter Nominal Hole Diameter
Drill Size Mln Max Drill Size Drill Size Mln Max
Min Max
#0 #48 0.076 0.082 #51 0.067 0.071 3132 0.094 0.104
#1 #43 0.089 0.095 #46 0.081 0.085 #37 0.104 0.114
#2 #38 0.102 0.108 3f32 0.094 0.098 #32 0.116 0.126
#3 #32 0.116 0.122 #36 0.106 0.110 #30 0.128 0.140
#4 #30 0.128 0.135 #31 0.120 0.124 #27 0.144 0.156
#5 5/32 0.156 0.163 9164 0.141 0.146 11 /64 0.172 0.184
#6 #18 0.170 0.177 #23 0.154 0.159 #13 0.185 0.197
#6 #9 0.196 0.203 #15 0.180 0.185 #3 0.213 0.225
#10 #2 0.221 0.228 #5 0.206 0.211 B 0.238 0.250
114 9/32 0.281 0.290 17/64 0.266 0.272 19/64 0.297 0.311
5/16 11 /32 0.344 0.354 21/64 0.328 0.334 23/64 0.359 0.373
318 13/32 0.406 0.416 25/64 0 .391 0.397 27/64 0.422 0.438
7/16 15132 0.469 0.479 29f64 0.453 0.460 31/64 0.484 0.500
112 9/ 16 0.562 0.572 17/32 0.531 0.538 39/64 0.609 0.625
518 l1 f16 0.688 0 .698 21 f32 0.656 0.663 47f64 0.734 0.754
314 13/16 0.812 0 .824 25132 0.781 0.789 29/32 0.906 0.926
718 15/16 0.938 0.950 29/32 0.906 0.914 1-1 /32 1.031 1.051
1 1-3/32 1.094 1.106 1-1 /32 1.031 1.039 1-5f32 1.156 1.181
1-1 /8 1-7f32 1.219 1.235 1-5132 1.156 1.164 1-5f16 1.312 1.337
1-1 /4 1-11 /32 1.344 1.360 1-9/32 1.281 1.291 1-7/16 1.438 1.463
1-3/8 1-1/2 1.500 1.516 1-7116 1.438 1.448 1-39/64 1.609 1.634
1-1/2 1-518 1.625 1.641 1-9/16 1.562 1.572 1-47/64 1.734 1.759
GENERAL NOTE: DImenSIons are In Inches.

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MANDATORY APPENDIX I

NONSYSTEM DRILLS

1·1 RECOMMENDED SUBSTITUTE DRILLS

If the clea rance hole application is dimen-

sioned in metric drill sizes for inch fasteners or
inch drill sizes for m etric fasteners , Tables 1-1 and
1-2 list the nearest standa rd drill size translatio ns
for the designated drills of Ta bles 2 and 3.

Table 1-1 Standard Metric Orills for Table 1-2 Standard Inch Drills for
Inch Fasteners Metric Fasteners
Nominal Drill Size, mm Nominal Drill Size, in.
Nominal Nominal
Screw Fit Classes Screw Fit Classes
Size, In . Size, mm
Nonnal Close Loose Normal Close Loose
#0 1.9 1.7 2.4 M1 .6 .50 .51 #.47
2.25 2.05
"
'2 2.6
2.9
2.4
2.7
2.6
2 .9
3.3
M2
M2.S
3/32
.33
#.4.4
.36
#38
.31
'3 M3 #29 1/8 9/84
#.4 3.3 3 3.7 M4 #16 . ,9 .,2
#5 4 3.6 4.4 M5 7/32 #.4 #1
#6 4.3 3.9 4.7
M6 G 114 J
#8 5 4 .6 5.4
#10 5.6 5.2 6
M8 T a 25/84
M10 7/16 Z 31/84
114 7.1 6.7 7.5
5/16 8.7 8.3 9.1 M12 17/32 33/64 37/84
10.2 M14 39/84 19/32 21/32
3/8 9.9 10.5
M16 11132 43/84 47/64
7116 11.8 11.5 12.2
1/2 14.25 13.5 15.5 M20 55/64 53/64 15/16
518 17.5 16.75 19 M24 1-1/32 63/64 1-7/64
M30 1-9132 1·7132 1-3/8
314 20.5 20 23
7/8 24 23 26 M36 1-17132 1-15132 1-21132
1 27.5 26 29.5 M42 1-25132 1-1 1/16 1-29132
M48 2-1132 1-31/32 2-3/16
1-1/8 31 29.5 33.5
1-1/4 34 32.5 36.5 M56 2-7116 2-5/16 2-5/8
1-3/8 38 36 .5 41 M64 2-3/4 2-5/8 2-5/16
1-112 41 39.5 44 M72 3-1/8 2-15/16 3-114

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