"For changing wheels/tires road side there is nothing like have a quality breaker bar and socket. The bar makes a great lever to lift the tire to get the first bolt started." <Rocket J Squirrel looks at his 24'' long, 1/2-inch drive breaker bar with 19mm socket, packed expressly for tire-changing...and face-palms.> D'oh! -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore. On 08/28/2012 03:40 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > On the rotors there is not enough room in the back for press in studs > with heads on them. Most aftermarket studs do not have enough thread > under the shoulder to go all the way through and I find them to be of > questionable quality both material and thread tolerance. I just don't > trust them. For changing wheels/tires road side there is nothing like > have a quality breaker bar and socket. The bar makes a great lever to > lift the tire to get the first bolt started. [snip] |
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