On 12/15/05, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote: > > For lug nut/bolt removal, I use a 1/2 inch breaker bar and a 19mm 6 > sided socket along with a 3 foot cheater pipe. Works every time. > Seconded. I had a 1/2" IR thundergun that couldn't loose even half the rusted out lugs on my brother's truck. Me and him standin' on a 6' steel pipe slipped over a 1/2" cheater bar, well, that's 1500+ foot-pounds. Ain't a 1/2" impact gun out there that'll match that (Thundergun was about 500ft/lbs as I recall). They came right off. All but the one that broke, of course... -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" |
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