I've done heaps of snapping of nuts, I didnt know people ever did that deliberatly... I've got a torque wrench that shows the wrong torque... when tightening a brake bolt I snapped one, which took a bit of force, all waiting for the bloody wrench to click... as Terry said nothing a piece of pipe and someone jumping on the end cant sort out ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 8:36 PM 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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
