Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:50:55 -0600
Reply-To: Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
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From: Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
Subject: Re: lug wrench- was Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire
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Harbor Freight had a pretty chrome 2' long 1/2" drive Flexover
bar for $9 the last time I was in the store in Davenport. A
Duracraft 19mm 6 point impact socket added like $4 to the
total. Short of applying that anti slip stuff that 3M makes for
steps(to the handle part where you're going to stand on it) that
should pretty much have you removing most nuts/bolts. Add a 22mm if
you plan on helping a Toyota. YMMV.
For the longest time, I used a 12V Aisan made cheapo impact wrench
that ran off the car battery. It cost me $10 at a huge flea market
gig and over the years, popped a bunch of rusty nuts and bolts off
various autos in our family. It would go WhhhhrrrrrrrrrSMACK...hit
the trigger again WWWhhhhhhrrrrrrrrrrSMACK, and repeat until the
nut/bolt comes off. I didn't use it to install obviously, as the
unit was advertised to generate up to 220 ft/lb. in either
direction. Since its demise, I've certainly gotten $10 worth of use
out of it. It's replacement for the shop now is a cheapo auction air
compressor for $17 and a pawn shop MAC(rebadged Artic Air) AW 6120
that generates 800ft. lbs. in reverse mode and 600 in forward. Gave
$120 for it and it's almost $400 new. 7 Day warranty was 6 days
longer than it needed to be. It works like a charm and didn't go back.
Done rambling......
DM&FS
At 10:55 AM 2/26/2012, Jason wrote:
>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--
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