Date:         Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:33:48 -0800
Reply-To:     Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: lug wrench- was Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire
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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--