Does anyone know of a good breaker bar to use? I don't have air tools and trying to get my nuts and bolts on my suspension undone is close to impossible even if I soak em in WD40 over night. TIA

 

get one from craftsman at sears... not really expensive there and lasts a lifetime

 

ha used my huge *** torque wrench. Not recommened though, highly not recommended.

 

i dunno if you guys have this store out there. but it's called "cummins" and they have some pretty nice/heavy duty stuff. don't use autozone or home depot breaker bars. i snapped 5 in 3 days. then went to cummins and bam. got it off in one try.

 

impact wrentch works great.

 

hehe Satan. I'm gonna checkout the local Sears and Crappy Tire. Might look up Habour Frieght as well. Not sure if there's a Cummins, gonna look it up.

 

ummmmm

Just grab a 1/2 inch rachet if you have one (3/8" will work if it's not super tight) and find a nice metal pipe that will just fit over the handle of the rachet. Bingo. You just got yourself an X foot braker bar.... and replace X with the length of your pipe.

 

Damn straight I use the pipe off my 2 ton jack. Got a nice rubber grip on the end and breaks the heads off of bolts faster than anything!

 

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Just grab a 1/2 inch rachet if you have one (3/8" will work if it's not super tight) and find a nice metal pipe that will just fit over the handle of the rachet. Bingo. You just got yourself an X foot braker bar.... and replace X with the length of your pipe. </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

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lol. Yeah that's not the best thing for them.

Just get a pipe and put it over the breaker bar. I got a cheap *** one at Wal mart. I mean it's just a breaker bar how can it break. If it does it was only like $20 or so. Walmart will even exchange it for you if it does break. They want to keep you happy so they won't argue.

 

time to get an air compressor and some tools.

 

Usually the top half of most hydraulic jacks work very well for a breaker bar.

 

too bad breaker bars don't work for the crank bolt

 

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Sweet money saving idea! I'm gonna give this a try since I'm a broke ***!

Thanks Gude

 

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Hows that? Worked fine for me. All ya need is a little strength and some determination.

 

i'd advise not to use any piping extension on a rachet. granted it might work but in that span of us breaking our breaker bars. we also snapped a 1/2 in half. if you have troubles my advice is get a nice hefty breaker bar and a 6 foot 2inch metal pipe. it works wonders. literally.

 

In a pinch the piping extensions work if you dont have a bar laying around. I forgot to mention, when using the top half of the jack tube/arm sometimes you have to slit the top part of the handle and insert the rachet on that end of the bar to fit properly.

If you have a Craftsman rachet don't worry about breaking them... they are under warranty!

 

yeah, i was just going to say to go to home depot or lowes or something like that and buy some pipe, it costs like 2 bucks and works wonders. And don't forget to pick up a can of P.B Blaster. good luck.

 

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Yea they do.....check out this vid! This hurt!!!

http://www.forbiddenmotorsport...y.avi

LOL!!!

I did actually bust it loose a minute later.

http://www.forbiddenmotorsport...1.avi

 

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Yea they do.....check out this vid! This hurt!!!

http://www.forbiddenmotorsport...y.avi

LOL!!!

I did actually bust it loose a minute later.

http://www.forbiddenmotorsport...1.avi</TD></TR></TABLE>

when i tried to take my crank bolt off of my legend i used an 8ft bar and all it did was turn my engine over very slowly...

 

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when i tried to take my crank bolt off of my legend i used an 8ft bar and all it did was turn my engine over very slowly...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Also an easy way to tell if your clutch is going to hold

 

or auto