Breaker bar knuckle
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smartphone hater said:
mudster said:
I've got a 1/2" Halfords professional breaker bar. I've had a 4ft piece of scaffolding pole on the end to undo a hub nut (and only just managed to get enough force). No signs of it giving up yet.
Your scaffold pole wasn't long enough 
I broke one with a ten foot pole once, bought a 3/4 drive one after that which is pretty indestructible. 
smartphone hater said:
mudster said:
I've got a 1/2" Halfords professional breaker bar. I've had a 4ft piece of scaffolding pole on the end to undo a hub nut (and only just managed to get enough force). No signs of it giving up yet.
Your scaffold pole wasn't long enough I broke one with a ten foot pole once, bought a 3/4 drive one after that which is pretty indestructible. 
Who the funk uses 3/8 for wheel nuts?????????????? bertieg said:
one eyed mick said:
Just keep using 3/8 drive mate you will change when you either bust some knuckles or teeth by not using commonsense
if you'd read the thread, you'd realise i cant keep using 3/8 drive.....bertieg said:
wildoliver said:
I can't imagine why anyone would think 3/8ths was the best choice for any heavy work like a wheel bolt???
I wouldn't even use it on a Mini/Midget wheel nut which are very thin shanks and low torque.
use 1/2" for goodness sake. Next thing you'll be asking why your 1/4" drive rachet keeps breaking doing up crank bolts.
because undoing wheel bolts isn't heavy use? as said, a 3/8 drive should easily be able to withstand forces in excess of 100nm, so i cant see why it would struggle with a wheel boltI wouldn't even use it on a Mini/Midget wheel nut which are very thin shanks and low torque.
use 1/2" for goodness sake. Next thing you'll be asking why your 1/4" drive rachet keeps breaking doing up crank bolts.
It obviously can't withstand it that's why it keeps breaking.
The irony here is that a 1/2 Drive breaker bar is easier to get in the required length to take a wheel nut off, no more expensive and assuming you have no sockets or extensions at absolute worse is going to require you to either buy one long impact socket or a short socket and short extension.
Or you could keep buying 3/8ths drive breaker bars till you end up breaking another 3 or 4 or smack yourself in the teeth/fall over/smack the car or other amusing expensive accident finally convinces you that actually everyone else in the world was right after all and you were infact the only person who thought it was a good idea.
wildoliver said:
This is just classic, come on own up who's trolling.
It obviously can't withstand it that's why it keeps breaking.
The irony here is that a 1/2 Drive breaker bar is easier to get in the required length to take a wheel nut off, no more expensive and assuming you have no sockets or extensions at absolute worse is going to require you to either buy one long impact socket or a short socket and short extension.
Or you could keep buying 3/8ths drive breaker bars till you end up breaking another 3 or 4 or smack yourself in the teeth/fall over/smack the car or other amusing expensive accident finally convinces you that actually everyone else in the world was right after all and you were infact the only person who thought it was a good idea.
the point is, 3/8 should be able to take it. i have used many 3/8 torque wrenches rated up to and beyond 100nm. (admittedly normally snap-on or similar top end tooling)It obviously can't withstand it that's why it keeps breaking.
The irony here is that a 1/2 Drive breaker bar is easier to get in the required length to take a wheel nut off, no more expensive and assuming you have no sockets or extensions at absolute worse is going to require you to either buy one long impact socket or a short socket and short extension.
Or you could keep buying 3/8ths drive breaker bars till you end up breaking another 3 or 4 or smack yourself in the teeth/fall over/smack the car or other amusing expensive accident finally convinces you that actually everyone else in the world was right after all and you were infact the only person who thought it was a good idea.
i have a 1/2 breaker bar too, but i prefer to use 3/8 on smaller stuff. the simple question was if anyone can recommend anything, short of snap on, that isn't rubbish.
bertieg said:
the point is, 3/8 should be able to take it. i have used many 3/8 torque wrenches rated up to and beyond 100nm. (admittedly normally snap-on or similar top end tooling)
i have a 1/2 breaker bar too, but i prefer to use 3/8 on smaller stuff. the simple question was if anyone can recommend anything, short of snap on, that isn't rubbish.
Point is that a breaker bar isn't a torque wrench - the bar obviously can't take it whereas the mechanism inside a torque wrench can.i have a 1/2 breaker bar too, but i prefer to use 3/8 on smaller stuff. the simple question was if anyone can recommend anything, short of snap on, that isn't rubbish.
If you have a half inch bar get it out to do wheel nuts, keep it next to your 3/8 bar so you don't have to go looking for it.
Krikkit said:
Point is that a breaker bar isn't a torque wrench - the bar obviously can't take it whereas the mechanism inside a torque wrench can.
If you have a half inch bar get it out to do wheel nuts, keep it next to your 3/8 bar so you don't have to go looking for it.
its nothing to do with the mechanism or the bar, they would both have the same inherent weak spot, as they both have a 3/8 drive on the end. If you have a half inch bar get it out to do wheel nuts, keep it next to your 3/8 bar so you don't have to go looking for it.
InertialTooth45 said:
Out of interest... how do you know the wheel bolts were at 100Nm if you'd done them up using the same bar?
its a fair point. they weren't precisely 100nm, but a few years experience tells me they were in that ball park. the 100nm figure was just used as a rough figure for how tight a wheel nut should beNo one seems to be helping the OP so I will.
This won't break doing small jobs like your wheel nuts buddy.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000Y8Q7TG/ref=...
This won't break doing small jobs like your wheel nuts buddy.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000Y8Q7TG/ref=...
Tampon said:
No one seems to be helping the OP so I will.
This won't break doing small jobs like your wheel nuts buddy.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000Y8Q7TG/ref=...
This won't break doing small jobs like your wheel nuts buddy.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000Y8Q7TG/ref=...
they've said the same as you, get a 1/2 inch drive.
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