RE: [alfa] Breaker bar vs. impact wrench

["Gwynne W. Spencer" <gwynnes1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ahh , but some times the removal is facilitated by the metallurgical 
failure of the bolt / stud/ bracket or whatever.

Gwynne Spencer

At 09:04 AM 4/5/2004 +1200, you wrote:
>"I thought I'd ask people about experience using a breaker bar to get off the
>crank pulley bolt."
>
>I've not yet found a nut or bolt that I can't remove -- including the crack
>nut -- with a breaker bar, and occasionally a breaker bar extension
>(otherwise known as a three foot length of one inch steel pipe).  If direct
>force in an anticlockwise direction isn't giving you any joy, then applying
>the same pressure in a clockwise direction, then reverting to anti-clockwise
>tends to break the nut loose.
>
>Regards,
>Anthony White
>Wellington, NZ
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