ISO 4762Socket head (cylindrical)Hexagon socket

ISO 4762 M8 × 40 Socket head (cylindrical)

ISO 4762 M8 × 40 is a socket head cap screw with a 40 mm nominal length, on a M8 × 1 mm metric thread. The ISO version of the metric socket head cap screw. Dimensionally very close to DIN 912, with small differences in nominal head height across some sizes.

Dimensioned drawing — ISO 4762 M8 × 40k 8L 40⌀13⌀8
ISO 4762 M8 × 40 — Socket head (cylindrical)Nominal dimensions in mm · Not to scale
Diameter8 mm
Length40 mm
Pitch1 mm
Socket size s6 mm
Head Ø dk13 mm
HeadSocket head (cylindrical)
DriveHexagon socket

Dimensions

Standard
ISO 4762
Type
Socket head cap screw
Size
M8 × 40
Thread
M8 × 1
Length L
40 mm
Socket size s
6 mm
Head diameter dk
13 mm
Head height k
8 mm
Thread length b
28 mm
Drive
Hexagon socket
Head
Socket head (cylindrical)

Nominal values in millimetres as published in ISO 4762. Estimated weight 24.119 g per piece in steel (24.273 g in stainless), calculated from the nominal geometry — real parts vary with tolerance and head chamfers.

DesignationM8 × 1 fine
Pitch1 mm
Major Ø8 mm
Pitch Ø7.35 mm
Minor Ø ext6.77 mm
Tap drillØ 7 mm

Other lengthsISO 4762 M8

All M8 specifications

Interchangeability

ISO 4762 is catalogued with DIN 912 as its equivalent designation. Dimensions are compared field by field rather than assumed identical.