A breaker bar with the proper 6 point socket for the wheels you are using is the best thing you can buy for your can or van. Alloy wheels & steel nuts seem to glue themselves together & if the flat happens on rain or snow filled night the lug nuts will for sure be too tight <g>. With the socket/breaker bar on, chant 'lefty loosee' and stand on the end of the bar & gently bounce, the lug nut will come loose. The $20 or $30 you spend on a bar/socket will be the best investment you have made the first time you have to loosen the lug nuts. Rob becida@comcast.net
At 2/26/2012 07:45 AM, Richard Koerner wrote: > And I also bought long socket to fit said hardware so that I don't > need to use that nearly useless stamped "lug wrench" that comes > with Vanagons. Oh yeah, and a 2 foot length of steel pipe which I > use as a cheater bar for my ratchet-- |
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