3/4" drive breaker bar

[Freakuk]

Hi all, I need a breaker bar as I managed to break the drive section 1/2" (adapter to 3/4") a while ago. This was a 3ft bar but I used a length of scaffolding pole to gain some extra leverage.

I'm looking for at least a 5ft bar any links?

[trickywoo]

Normal ratchet and a scaffold tube may be better value.

[Freakuk]

True, but I'm removing a nut which is torqued to 230ft/lb I want to invest in a decent bit of kit

[Impasse]

How far away is your nearest Machine Mart?

[CaptainSlow]

trickywoo said:

Normal ratchet and a scaffold tube may be better value.

If you want to buy a new ratchet.

[Willy Nilly]

You'll break a 3/4 inch breaker bar as well with that kind of abuse. Use the T bar before you hurt yourself.

[red_slr]

we call em power bars, don't know if that's the right term!

[Condi]

trickywoo said:

Normal ratchet and a scaffold tube may be better value.

Do I need a parrot or has sarcasm not travelled over the internet very well?

Stupid advice.

T-Bar is most sensible, or Halfords do a 3/4 inch breaker bar for £25

http://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/tools/hand-...

[Freakuk]

I've seen them as a guy on a trackday had a 5ft one for the same job

[Willy Nilly]

Freakuk said:

I've seen them as a guy on a trackday had a 5ft one for the same job

The T bar will bend, you will always break the breaker bar. Not used mine for years, but the T Bar manages to tighten and loosen the 36mm wheel nuts on my tractor (that the CP impact gun can't budge) with 5 feet of bar and me swinging on it.

[G600]

Freakuk said:

I've seen them as a guy on a trackday had a 5ft one for the same job

The only one I've seen that long was a snap on.

[trickywoo]

Condi said:

Do I need a parrot or has sarcasm not travelled over the internet very well?

Stupid advice.

T-Bar is most sensible, or Halfords do a 3/4 inch breaker bar for £25

http://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/tools/hand-...

19" halfords bar? Don't make me laugh. Advice of an idiot.

[LordJammy]

I split a socket and snapped the end on my breaker bar trying to undo the hub nut on my mx5. What's a t bar? I think I can feel a tool purchase coming on

[red_slr]

Were you sure you were going the right way as one side will be reverse thread! (I assume its like normal cars..)

[normalbloke]

Get a torque multiplier and be done with it.

[CoolHands]

trickywoo said:

Condi said:

Do I need a parrot or has sarcasm not travelled over the internet very well?

Stupid advice.

T-Bar is most sensible, or Halfords do a 3/4 inch breaker bar for £25

http://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/tools/hand-...

19" halfords bar? Don't make me laugh. Advice of an idiot.

Maybe I need a whoosh-parrot too. What's wrong with that bar plus a pipe / scaffold of some sort? - it will do the job, for a rather cheap price if you ask me.

[Willy Nilly]

CoolHands said:

trickywoo said:

Condi said:

Do I need a parrot or has sarcasm not travelled over the internet very well?

Stupid advice.

T-Bar is most sensible, or Halfords do a 3/4 inch breaker bar for £25

http://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/tools/hand-...

19" halfords bar? Don't make me laugh. Advice of an idiot.

Maybe I need a whoosh-parrot too. What's wrong with that bar plus a pipe / scaffold of some sort? - it will do the job, for a rather cheap price if you ask me.

It will break. Doesn't matter if it is a short one like that or a fandango Snap On bar with 9 feet of handle, then end is the same and it will break.

[Huff]

Freakuk said:

True, but I'm removing a nut which is torqued to 230ft/lb I want to invest in a decent bit of kit

What is this nut doing?

Old Beetle rear hubs are held together with a 36mm nut done up to something daft, iirc it was about 250lb-ft then turn to align next splitpin hole with castellation

Since you had to undo this sodding nut to get at the rear brakes, this became a real chore to undo. I soon found out that new nuts were only £3 and drums about a tenner, so chose to drill 2 x 3mm holes side by side axially through the nut on one side (hss bit, risking going through the nut into the drum behind) after which a light tap with hammer and cold chisel and the thing sprang helpfully out of the way with no damage to anything. Replace with new

Seriously - look at more invasive options!

[Iva Barchetta]

red_slr said:

Were you sure you were going the right way as one side will be reverse thread! (I assume its like normal cars..)

Not that many modern cars have a LH thread on one side.
All the cars I've ever worked on have normal thread both sides.

[Silent1]

Iva Barchetta said:

red_slr said:

Were you sure you were going the right way as one side will be reverse thread! (I assume its like normal cars..)

Not that many modern cars have a LH thread on one side.
All the cars I've ever worked on have normal thread both sides.

I suspect he's trying to remove the centre locks on a Porsche, iirc they're handed.