Originally Posted by
racer1812
And yes AE uses standard hardware, except the 4 allen heads that hold the rear plate to the bottom of the chassis those are metric.

actually might not be but they're not a common std. size. You should have both sets of tools anyway. IMO
Everything on the chassis is SAE, the only metric hardware (besides the motor screws) are the 4 screws on the differential case (not to be confused with the transmission case) and the two large bearings the differential ride on are metric as well.