txfight00

Came across this on amazon and thought it might be handy for track days. Anyone used this or have better suggestions?

mgordon18

I also saw this:

Too long?

txfight00

I was thinking the collapsible one like I posted would be better for portability. I saw the one you posted too. 24in is good for leverage but tough to carry around. Not sure if the one I saw would work for center lock purposes

Linnm

IMHO a breaker bar that expands or contracts won't be strong enough to break loose a tough wheel nut.

sjfehr

My 18" ratcheting breaker bar was my favorite tool, right up until a neighbor borrowed it and broke it. I've got a 24" HF breaker bar pretty much identical to the one you linked, but I replaced my ratcheting breaker bar with a HF 12-17" extending 1/2" ratchet that's more convenient to use AND rated to 400ft-lbs.

http://www.harborfreight.com/1-2-hal...het-98831.html

Way easier to use an impact wrench, though

kisik

Is it a bad habit to use my Snap-On digital torque wrench (20-250) to loose my wheel bolts? My calibration stays spot on regardless. I understand for big jobs > 300 I would better use cheap bar.

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sjfehr

Yes, it's a bad habit! You should never use a torque wrench as a breaker bar, lest you risk ruining the calibration. Does snap-on say it's OK to be used for that application? I can't imagine they would.

BIG smoke

I have that one in my frunk/truck of my cars. Good solid bar.

I was changing the snow tires on a friends X3. He had gone to a garage for a flat fix. Boy did they torque those bolts down. Two of us on that 24" bar, and they would still not budge. Ended up taking the handle off the floor jack, sliding it over the 24" bar, thus extending it to five feet. They came off ...

Old Guy

There's a special place in Hell for shop monkeys that over-torque lug nuts/bolts. I carry Gorilla extendable tire irons in all of our cars. Discovering that the nut/bolt won't budge when parked in your driveway is one thing. The problem is that you usually don't find it out until parked along the highway on some cold and rainy night.

Fred R. C4S

I have one of these in my Audi for changing each year to snow tires and back again. It's fine for that, but woefully inadequate for breaking loose CL nuts. I have the telscoping one from Suncoast for that, and it's a stretch for it as well. I often put a rod in it or a pipe around it to get a few more inches of leverage. I believe the Gorilla wrench is a 1/2 inch drive and the Suncoast wrench is a 3/4 inch drive. I think that says it all right there. I may be wrong it could be 3/8 vs 1/2 inch drives, but I know the Gorilla wrench is a smaller drive and I'm too lazy to go out to the garage and confirm the sizes.

The tightening torque for the CL nut is 444lbft. But despite the lube, the breakaway or loosening torques are higher. Trust me, you want all the leverage you can muster to loosen those nuts.

Old Guy

Understood. Sorry to confuse. NO Gorilla wrench in the GTS; only in the other cars.

So far I haven't faced up to the GTS CL situation. Shortly after buying the car I needed to replace the front tires; paid the local dealer to do it. With no less than 5 or 6 Porsche dealers within a 95 mile radius from our house (one within about 10 miles) help is just a phone call away. It will be awhile before I face up to DIY with the CL wheels. As for road trips...well, that's tomorrow's problem.

997_rich

I prefer this with a deep well socket. That way you can lever at 90 degrees. I use always use a torque wrench to retorque once home.

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