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Cheap breaker bar - lolsteve - 12-04-2015
1 left so be quick
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/311159225547?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
RE: Cheap breaker bar - Mattcheese31 - 12-04-2015
Not sure I'd want a "cheap" breaker bar tbh, let us know when it snaps and has your eye out lol x
RE: Cheap breaker bar - cully - 12-04-2015
i tend to agree with Matt here buy cheap buy twice
RE: Cheap breaker bar - swampy - 12-04-2015
I have a Clark one from machine mart was t expensive but is good and sturdy
RE: Cheap breaker bar - Niall - 12-04-2015
Theres a reason why its cheap...
RE: Cheap breaker bar - Grant - 12-04-2015
(12-04-2015, 06:08 PM)Niall Wrote: Theres a reason why its cheap...
Because when it snaps, disappears over the road and breaks a passing woman's hymen, you will be sued for sexual assault?
RE: Cheap breaker bar - welshpug - 12-04-2015
only 18"?! pointless, you need 24" at least.
RE: Cheap breaker bar - Iceman299 - 12-04-2015
(12-04-2015, 09:14 PM)Grant Wrote:(12-04-2015, 06:08 PM)Niall Wrote: Theres a reason why its cheap...
Because when it snaps, disappears over the road and breaks a passing woman's hymen, you will be sued for sexual assault?
wtf
RE: Cheap breaker bar - Niall - 12-04-2015
(12-04-2015, 09:21 PM)welshpug Wrote: only 18"?! pointless, you need 24" at least.
You sound a lot like my missus!
RE: Cheap breaker bar - Nathan1305 - 12-04-2015
(12-04-2015, 09:53 PM)Niall Wrote:(12-04-2015, 09:21 PM)welshpug Wrote: only 18"?! pointless, you need 24" at least.
You sound a lot like my missus!
RE: Cheap breaker bar - Poodle - 13-04-2015
Tbf that is silly short, not a lot of point.
RE: Cheap breaker bar - Matt-Rallye - 13-04-2015
I bought a cheap 36in one, the knuckle snapped when slackening off the wheel nuts on the rallye when i first got it.
This meant 2 things happened..
1. the piece of knuckle chipped the paint on the wheelarch
2. I proceeded to double handedly punch myself full force in the chest with the remainder of the breaker bar, fell backwards and nearly knocked myself out!
So yeah i now have a snap-on one.
RE: Cheap breaker bar - Dum-Dum - 13-04-2015
I have a Halfords 24" one and it's strong enough to take my weight hanging off it or being extended with a scaffold pole.
It was relatively cheap on trade too.
Obviously this is no use to you as Halfords no longer do the 24" bar.
RE: Cheap breaker bar - lolsteve - 13-04-2015
Cheap doesn't always mean bad though. My Halfords kit has been quite troublesome and a £5 socket set I bought on ebay ages ago lasted quite well and only gave up when I was undoing brake to hub bolts by standing on it and jumping up and down
Will be getting better stuff in the future but for just over a 5er it's got to be worth a punt
RE: Cheap breaker bar - Niall - 13-04-2015
No. I genuinely think you havr just pissed away a fiver!
RE: Cheap breaker bar - Mattcheese31 - 13-04-2015
(13-04-2015, 12:19 PM)Niall Wrote: No. I genuinely think you havr just pissed away a fiver!
Haha this.........the thing is by the very nature of what a breaker bar is used for it's a dangerous thing to be snapping, lots of little tools I'll buy cheap but I'd be worried about it snapping when undoing a crank pully or driveshaft, not what you want
RE: Cheap breaker bar - kentiiboii - 14-04-2015
(13-04-2015, 11:14 AM)Dum-Dum Wrote: I have a Halfords 24" one and it's strong enough to take my weight hanging off it or being extended with a scaffold pole.My dad has this one and it's decent.
It was relatively cheap on trade too.
Obviously this is no use to you as Halfords no longer do the 24" bar.
It's had my 22st jumping up and down on it trying to undo a hub nut!
The hub nut and the breaker bar just laughed at me!
RE: Cheap breaker bar - Toms306 - 14-04-2015
I bought a Draper one 3 years ago for about £8, about 3ft long, its been used for many headbolts, suspension bolts, wheel bolts etc and doesn't show any signs of snapping. There is a very slight bend in it though lol.
RE: Cheap breaker bar - Jonny81191 - 14-04-2015
I killed a draper one but TBH that was trying to undo wheel nuts that nobody's impact wrench would touch, two of us on the end of 6" scaffold over the breaker just sheared the end off. It was replaced under warranty though, albeit with a bit of a blind eye turned to the scaff bar
RE: Cheap breaker bar - Toms306 - 14-04-2015
Presumably you mean a 6' scaffold rather than 6". Can't imagine why it wasn't suitable for that then!
Must admit, I am always conscious of the potential for it to snap or slip, as with any tool so try and keep out of the way/keep solid footing etc just in case lol.
RE: Cheap breaker bar - lolsteve - 14-04-2015
Okay just for reference I wont be trying hub nuts with this
Going to be fitting coilovers hopefully next weekend and all the bolts are covered in muck,rust etc so just need a bit of help getting the pinch bolts etc cracked off
RE: Cheap breaker bar - lolsteve - 12-10-2016
Holy thread revival.
I finally broke this, after undoing suspension bolts, crank pulley bolts and other bolts the impact wrench couldn't shift it finally snapped after I was jumping up and down on it to undo the seized wheel bolts on the zt. Got my 5er worth for sure
Cheap breaker bar - bashbarnard - 12-10-2016
I love the fact you followed this up
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RE: Cheap breaker bar - Eeyore - 12-10-2016
totally worth it then!
RE: Cheap breaker bar - cully - 12-10-2016
(12-04-2015, 04:38 PM)cully Wrote: i tend to agree with Matt here buy cheap buy twice
RE: Cheap breaker bar - Jonny81191 - 12-10-2016
My replacement draper is still going strong with daily use..
RE: Cheap breaker bar - zx_volcane - 12-10-2016
(12-10-2016, 08:50 AM)lolsteve Wrote: Holy thread revival.
I finally broke this, after undoing suspension bolts, crank pulley bolts and other bolts the impact wrench couldn't shift it finally snapped after I was jumping up and down on it to undo the seized wheel bolts on the zt. Got my 5er worth for sure
seems a good buy then
i just bost a halfords one, trying to work out if it will be cheaper to buy another online than the fuel/time spent driving over to get it replaced
RE: Cheap breaker bar - Mattcheese31 - 12-10-2016
bought a decent one for about £20 over 10 years ago, still going strong, jus saying lool
RE: Cheap breaker bar - RetroPug - 12-10-2016
TBH the thing that worries me with cheap breaker bars is not that I wouldn't get my £5 worth of usage out of them by the time they eventually break, but that when it does break I'll suffer serious injury.
RE: Cheap breaker bar - lolsteve - 12-10-2016
(12-10-2016, 08:55 AM)bashbarnard Wrote: I love the fact you followed this upPeople need to know it didn't just break after coming in contact with a 10mm engine cover bolt haha
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(12-10-2016, 08:58 AM)Eeyore Wrote: totally worth it then!Yes, kind of...whatever it was a 5er and has done a lot of jobs for me without failing. The ZT was apparently just that step too crusty. Wheel bolts looked like they've been dipped in tar then screwed in
Next step is to find the limit of a £10 breaker bar, for science!