Date:         Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:55:55 -0500
Reply-To:     Jason <uberhare@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jason <uberhare@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: lug wrench- was Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire
              Size
Comments: To: Rob <becida@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2012022611385645@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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Agreed!  I own 4 different vehicles, and I have a tool kit that I
AWAYS carry when I go further from home than my CAA/AAA will tow me.
Breaker bar and deep 6 point socket is in there.  Saved my butt a few
times, and it has saved a few random people driving VW's I have
stopped for as well.

Jason


On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
> 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--