Ball joint socket size and where to purchase?

Late to the party. I could never figure out why the ball joints were designed with such a odd size on the flats. What were they thinking? :BangHead: :BangHead: :lol: 1 59/64" ??? WTF
If you bump that up by 1/64" you have 1-60/64 which becomes 1-15/16. THAT would have made sense.