hehehe, i love the poor mans torque wrench...supatool sockets...break at 80nm :P
-----Original Message----- From: "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 20:36:48 +1000 Subject: RE: stupid question A good selection of useful ideas put forward - not too bad for a stupid question (;- In it's simple form I often use a 1" piece of water pipe that I've cut up over time. The good thing about water pipe is that it fits nicely over your expensive 1/2" drive Sidchrome ratchet and you don't have to belt the ratchet with a Mexican screwdriver (which they tell me doesn't do anything good to them) to get a stubborn nut to shift - only small problem that will get you once and a while is you'll break the damn bolt off but that's a different problem altogether and we've covered it recently. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Richardson Sent: Friday, 14 June 2002 7:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: stupid question Well, since you asked, yes, and some socket sets ie Sidchrome already have one in them. It's a 1/2" socket drive which slides up and down a cylindrical bar. However, it's only really useful where you can't fit a ratchet- unless you slide a nice long bit of pipe over the end, which increases the torque on the nut, because........ Torque = Force * Distance Toms' Crap Diagram (tm): increase the distance to increase the torque on the nut <------------distance--------------> ======================== <--- long bar - apply force on the end || <- standard 1/2" socket drive X <--- nut that's done up too tight Ben wrote: > i thort a breaker bar was a long bar with a male socket on the end > that can rotate 180 degrees on one axis?? > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jim Little <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 8:35 PM > > Subject: Re: stupid question > > > ahhhhh a sliding T-bar? > > cheers, thought it might have been........... > > thanx Nat > > "nat P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > A breaker bar, is well it's kinda hard to explain, > It's a (usually) long bar of metal with a male socket > which can slide up and down the bar, It is at a right > angle to the bar, Hence you can put alot more force on > it,(without fucking your nice rachets!), e.g YOu can > put the end of the jack bar so you can get more of a > fulrum effect, hence more torque(twisting force) > I hope this anwers your question, if not, I'll send > you a pic. > Cheers NAT > > > > --- Jim Little wrote: > > > Guys > > This may be a stupid question but what exactly is a > > breaker bar? > > I have seen it mentioned a few times with regards to > > taking the bolts out for an axel, half shafts etc > > etc. > > Is it a socket wrench or ratchet? > > cheers all > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------! ------------------ > > SOLD.com.au- Find yourself a bargain! > > > --membersozdat---------------------------------------------------- --- > > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > > Send (un)subscribe requests to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ --- > > > http://www.sold.com.au - SOLD.com.au > - Find yourself a bargain! > > --membersozdat---------------------------------------------------- --- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this > emailhttp://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > SOLD.com.au > <http://au.rd.yahoo.com/mailwelcome/?http://au.sold.yahoo.com/> - > Find yourself a bargain! > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
