Blaine S

I was wondering if those of you that routinely take your centerlocks on and off what length of breaker bar you use?

I was surprised that with my 3-footer I can't get the centerlocks to budge.

TIA

911SLOW

You ll find your answer here. https://rennlist.com/forums/997-gt2-...ue-wrench.html

John

mooty

how much do you weigh?
if you are more than 170lbs, have someone step on the brake, a 36" breaker bar will work fine.

Blaine S

Thanks John - interesting thread. The Porsche tool looks nice but I think mine are just on really tight.

Mooty - I'm 215 lbs and can put some force down. I've removed the two rears with the help of a 3' length of 1 1/4" pipe as a cheater but the fronts are not cooperating and I'm starting to bend my shorter breaker because of the cheater.

Re-torquing the wheels is no problem. It is just getting them off the first time.

AllanJ

You could have the dealer loosen and re-torque them to specs. Should be n/c.

mooty

yes, the first time the front was very hard b/c i can spin the wheel, so i ended up getting someone to help and hold the brake down as i untorqued. i stepped on the 36" bar and it budged, 180 lbs.

Blaine S

Thanks mooty - I had my neighbor's son come over and give me a hand ("wow, this car has the biggest brakes I've ever seen....)

Got the fronts off. I'm sure that it will be easier the second time. They were just really on there!

carrering

dayam, that breaker bar really is bent! i wonder how much they were over-torqued. i got the 4 foot breaker. hopefully it will work out.

KBS911

Northern tool has a nice 42" breaker bar that works well for me.

TeamDrugMoney

Hey Blaine,

I have the same Ghetto settup as you, but am using a 4' Length galvenized pipe over a Sears 3/4" drive breaker bar. I am expecting the breaker bar to, umm, "break" at some point under the pressure but this has not happened yet. My first attempt way back when was with a 1/2" drive breaker bar and a 1/2 to 3/4 adapter. That attempt ended with getting back in the car to go back to Sears for the 3/4" drive. Not one of my proudest moments!

spare tire

A regular breaker bar from Sears or Snapon is about 15" long. We torque to 96 ftlbs. If you want to use the same effort with centerlocks, use math. 385ftlbs is 4 times the torque that we normally use. So make the lever 4 times as long and the effrort is equal. 60" lever or five feet. With a 48" breaker bar more effort would be required than normal but it would be do-able. Using a 3' breaker will require a lot of strength. I could manufacture (weld up) a few if the demand is there. Does any body want one?
I would use light weight crome molly in stead of galv. pipe.

malmasri

3R Racing is working on a foldable breaker bar that would fit in the trunk..just in case

Carrera GT

Do they have a foldable spare wheel and tire, too?

ir_fuel

As mentioned in some other topics. I have a 3 piece breaker bar and torque wrench from precision instruments. Always carry it with me in the trunk and have used it a couple of times already.

shonuf

how about using a torque multiplier? i have the competition type knock-offs for which the torque specifications are 490 Nm.