nut wrench

buzi

thanks everyone for your help

motorguy

jbainbridge wrote: »

Extending one will undo anything ...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Extending-Wheel-Brace-Wrench-17mm-19mm-Socket-/230873864726?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item35c1279a16

I've bent bars like that when the nut is really tight.

Also, the sockets break easily.

I did both one evening and a mate came over with his draper one, had the nut off in seconds.

Well worth it for a few pounds more...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-19152-Extending-Wheel-Wrench/dp/B0001K9QGI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356808259&sr=8-1

TrickyWicky

jbainbridge wrote: »

Extending one will undo anything ...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Extending-Wheel-Brace-Wrench-17mm-19mm-Socket-/230873864726?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item35c1279a16

Those are utter crap. They're ok on nuts that aren't tight but anything thats tight will cause the thing to split down the middle of the outer handle. Trust me, it happened to me - gave me a hell of a jolting sensation too. The socket itself isn't great either along with the handle. It didn't break with the handle but a year or so later (in conjunction with a proper breaker bar) it snapped in half.

A good solid breaker bar and a solid professional quality socket is worth its weight in gold for wheel nuts. For the really stubborn ones, a good trolley jack to lift up the breaker bar at the end (while someone holds it on the nut) is also a great bit of kit.

One of these from ebay is what I use with a draper 19mm socket (but you could buy one from halfords which will be just as good). I don't buy market tools (usually cheap quality) but my breaker bar (same as the ebay one) I did buy from there because it's a very basic tool with little to go wrong / break. It's undone many stubborn nuts and bolts and is still going strong 3 years later.

cootuk

You'll also need a plastic lump hammer or big pry bar to get the wheel to unstick from the hub

skivenov

arcon5 wrote: »

Wilkinson 19/17mm combined < £5.

Or invest in a decent torque wrench for about £30 on eBay.

A torque wrench is a measuring tool, designed to be used to make sure you've tightened something correctly. A breaker bar is a similarly proportioned, less technical, tool for undoing stubborn fastenings.

The trick with tight fastenings is to "shock" them, ie apply a sudden force for a short period of time, rather than a sustained force.

I'm not heavy or especcially strong, and can loosen most wheel nuts with a normal bar that comes in a car toolkit - the trick is to put it on the nut so it's horizontal and stamp on it.

If that doesn't work, find something heavy and belt it with it.

Flying-High_2

Better off with a Breaker bar than a Torque wrench...

red_eye

buzi wrote: »

hi, can anyone recommend a good nut wrench for car tyres

thanks

for tyres??? that usually needs an air compressor

you want this BUT in 1/2" NOT 3/8" http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_525171_langId_-1_categoryId_165469 and 1/2" socket 17mm or 19mm or 21mm depending on what car you have

red_eye

arcon5 wrote: »

Wilkinson 19/17mm combined < £5.

Or invest in a decent torque wrench for about £30 on eBay.

you never undo a fastener with a torque wrench well you could with a £30 ebay special decent ones are £50 upwards, but a proper torque wrench is a precise tool that need calibrating every so often.

red_eye

TrickyWicky wrote: »

Those are utter crap. They're ok on nuts that aren't tight but anything thats tight will cause the thing to split down the middle of the outer handle. Trust me, it happened to me - gave me a hell of a jolting sensation too. The socket itself isn't great either along with the handle. It didn't break with the handle but a year or so later (in conjunction with a proper breaker bar) it snapped in half.

A good solid breaker bar and a solid professional quality socket is worth its weight in gold for wheel nuts. For the really stubborn ones, a good trolley jack to lift up the breaker bar at the end (while someone holds it on the nut) is also a great bit of kit.

why not stand on the beaker bar? or rotate the wheel clockwise with the bar arms length and quickly jolt it anti clockwise

Flying-High_2

Ive battered Noname Ebay Extandables.... Ok I've used Scaffold bar on Agri stuff.... Bendage yes but breakage no.... Forget the pretty plastic sleeve handle....