Breaker bars

ganesh

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I have an 18" 1/2 drive Teng Breaker bar that get used with a piece of scaffold bar and the knuckle hasnt broke/opened up yet :)
 
24 inch. The smaller ones wont fit in anywhere useful so you might as well get the biggest you can to make your life easy with tight bolts.
 
24 inch, I've got a Sealey AK730 and use it all the time, very handy on wheel bolts or tight suspension bolts.
 
Have a small 16/18" halfords one which couldn't undo the spindle nuts holding in my driveshaft on the front.

Went and picked up the 24" and it cracked them off with ease!

Definately lookonline though as the halfords one cost me £27 and I'm sure you could do better than that.
 
My torque wrench is 16". I wind it up to max torque and use it as a bar and it's never failed to get anything undone. You could go for the 24" 'just in case' and for extra man points in the toolkit :D
 
Jonny69 said:
My torque wrench is 16". I wind it up to max torque and use it as a bar and it's never failed to get anything undone. You could go for the 24" 'just in case' and for extra man points in the toolkit :D
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Should be ok as long as it doesn't click - never swing on a torque wrench once it clicks.

Mind, looking at the stuff you build and maintain you know that already!
 
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Jonny69 said:
My torque wrench is 16". I wind it up to max torque and use it as a bar and it's never failed to get anything undone. You could go for the 24" 'just in case' and for extra man points in the toolkit :D
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Does yours torque in both directions?

Many only torque in the clockwise direction!
 
Get the 24", was gonna say a 12" or so 3/8th drive breaker bar could be a good idea as well (if you have the sockets for it) but they don't seem to list one...
:)
 
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