[s-cars] Stuck Lug Bolts

Kneale Brownson kneale at coslink.net
Fri Oct 6 16:06:18 EDT 2006


My 1/2" square drive breaker bar requires a 1" ID pipe to extend it.  A
3/4" piece of pipe will go over my standard 3/8" long handle ratchet, but
not over my 1/2" drive stuff.


At 01:15 PM 10/6/2006 -0400, Huw Powell wrote:
>> What manufacturer is the 36" breaker bar?
>
>Home Depot, et al, sells them in the plumbing section.
>
>3/4" pipe usually fits most 1/2" breaker bars and can be had in any 
>length you desire.  You might break your bar, or socket or extension if 
>using one, but the bar is more likely to bend if it comes down to that 
>level of force.
>
>I just undid some very permanent seeming truck lug nuts with a three 
>foot pipe on my breaker bar.  No harm to anything.  Wear gloves and 
>goggles, of course.  And a hockey mouthguard?
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