[s-cars] Stuck Lug Bolts

[mtgadbois at aol.com]

Mark,
 
FWIW, when I did my timing belt I bought a 4 foot pipe from the hardware store.  Slipped it over my 1/2" bar and torqued away.  I'm sure I paid $10 or less.  For as often as I use it, it works just fine.  Also, I use anti-seize on my lug bolts and have done so for 20 years with no problems.  Also, I use a torque wrench for anything where a torque reference is given and I can fit it in.  On the UrS6, I use it for wheel bolts, spark plugs & the oil drain plug.
 
Good luck,
 
Mark near Chicago
 
 
 
Mark wrote:
 
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 11:15:50 -0400
From: "Mark R" <speedracer.mark at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Stuck Lug Bolts
To: "Abe Berman" <yellowcuda at gmail.com>
Cc: quattro at audifans.com, Tom Mullane <tmullane at gmail.com>,
    s-car-list at audifans.com
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    <56e3dd120610060815k34c39a15kc42a57890f839963 at mail.gmail.com>
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What manufacturer is the 36" breaker bar?  I used to have a 32" or 36"
breaker bar and here's how I lost it:
My plant manager was displaying a cut lip and broken tooth to my mother as
he told us about how his really long breaker bar snapped and hit his face.
By his own admission, it was made in China.  Anyhow, my mother decided that
one of my favorite tools, my 3/4" super-long breaker bar needed to
disappear.  I laughed, and said it was a major brand, not made in China, and
I'm careful.  Fast-forward a month or two.  Guess what's missing?

I've got a large tool box filled with all kinds of expensive SK, Facom,
torque wrenches, specialty tools, etc.  The ONLY thing mission was my 3/4"
breaker bar and attached 3/4" to 1/2" adapter.  To this day, she denies
taking it.

Since then, I've been hunting for a replacement.  Snap-On and SK have 24" or
25", but nothing 30+ inches in either 3/4" or 1/2" drive.  Same with
Stanley/Proto, etc.  I swore my old 3/4" was a Proto, but I must be
incorrect.  So any leads would be appreciated.  And I'll buy 3.  One for my
tool box, one for the track, and one for my mother!

Mark Rosenkrantz
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