Breaker Bar

[Luckypants]

Calling anyone with the Halfords Breaker Bar - what do halfords call this thing? I cannot find it on thier website and the spotty oik (stereotyping, I know.... ) on the phone has no clue what I'm on about. As a trip to Halfords is 15 miles minimum (more if I go to the big one in Chester) I would like to know they got one in stock.....

So what is the Halfords name for thier breaker bar anyone?

TIA

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Calling anyone with the Halfords Breaker Bar - what do halfords call this thing? I cannot find it on thier website and the spotty oik (stereotyping, I know.... ) on the phone has no clue what I'm on about. As a trip to Halfords is 15 miles minimum (more if I go to the big one in Chester) I would like to know they got one in stock.....

So what is the Halfords name for thier breaker bar anyone?

TIA

Its a B-R-E-A-K-E-R B-A-R....a long metal pole that you can put sockets on. Find one before I do and I wont smack you round the head with it....etc...

Dan

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Calling anyone with the Halfords Breaker Bar - what do halfords call this thing? I cannot find it on thier website and the spotty oik (stereotyping, I know.... ) on the phone has no clue what I'm on about. As a trip to Halfords is 15 miles minimum (more if I go to the big one in Chester) I would like to know they got one in stock.....

So what is the Halfords name for thier breaker bar anyone?

TIA

No I cant find it on the website either.
When I was a mechanic we used to call them snatch bars (fnarr fnarr)

Looks like Halfords website doesn't list everything they do anyway. No individual sockets etc.

If you ring them up again, it should be in the cabinet with all the individual sockets and/or torque wrenches. Of course this will entail the spotty oik finding the person with the only copy of the key that opens the cabinet.....


good luck

Pretty sure it was just :
Halfords Professional 24" 1/2" drive breaker bar.
As rigor says, it's in the glass cabinet with all the individual sockets etc.

They do a shorter one as well I think.

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by Sudoxe

Its a B-R-E-A-K-E-R B-A-R....a long metal pole that you can put sockets on. Find one before I do and I wont smack you round the head with it....etc...

Dan

Thanks all - phoned again and the guy who picked up the phone knew exactly what I wanted, what sizes they had and how much. I got his name... He even checked they got 1/2" drive sockets of the size I need in stock. Trip to Wrexham coming up.....

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Originally Posted by Luckypants

Thanks all - phoned again and the guy who picked up the phone knew exactly what I wanted, what sizes they had and how much. I got his name... He even checked they got 1/2" drive sockets of the size I need in stock. Trip to Wrexham coming up.....

14mm 6 sided socket - get one that has a guarantee as it might break if it was a stuck as my shock.

I used a 1/2" drive wheel extendable wheel brace.

MT

Another vote for the Halfords professional breaker bar, one of the best £18 I have spent. Made changing wheels on my elise childs play.

Just a question, why go to 1/2 sockets for a bike. 3/8 are generally good enough and a lot slimmer to fit into those compact spaces.

I've got 1/4 and 3/8 teng socket sets and you get a adaptor socket to allow fitment of a 1/2 wrench in the 3/8 set.

Just a thought.

[Luckypants]

Well I wondered in my OP about 3/8 or 1/2 inch drive. Consensus seems to be 1/2 inch because of the extra torque you can exert with the breaker bar. My socket set is 1/4 and 3/8 in drive, but I think getting heavy duty sockets for use with the breaker bar is a good idea.

I'll buy only the 1/2 drive sockets I need, not a complete set.

And the breaker bar will be used on lots of other things besides the bike, so 1/2 inch drive does not seem excessive.