16 : 1 revolution ratio
Allows for effortless loosening of wheel nuts
Fits 17mm, 19mm and 21mm wheel nuts
Includes corresponding 1/2 sleeves
Suitable for passenger vehicles
Duplicate offer removed from title: All clearance items with further 20% Off
Does this removes human nuts ? Asking for my wife.
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Yes of course
Could have used one of these December 1st
This guy multiplies
interesting …..my bmw wheel brace is shaped so that you can stand on it and your weight undoes the nut …..but when i had to undo overtightened wheel nuts on friends rav …. and had to use extension pipe on their cross wheel brace , which i let them keep and said to leave in the car.
…..other option is the $29 torque wrench kit with wheel nut sockets …..length adds leverage and you re-tighten to correct torque …. hate to think you could use the torque multiplier to also tighten wheel nuts
I had my car (2015 Hybrid) inspected for rego. They did the wheels up so tight that a rattle gun wouldn't budge them, then my torque wrench broke trying to undo them…lesson learnt .. Don't use your torque wrench for undoing
Get a breaker bar. It's what they're made for and, besides some having a swivel head, don't come with delicate moving parts.
Also that's quite concerning if an inspection joint did the wheel nuts up that tight. They're normally around the 110-130Nm mark for cars, which is relatively easy to deal with using hand tools alone. That sounds like they ran them back in with an impact wrench, 400Nm+ for the mid-range tools or 1000+ for the pro gear. Really unsafe thing to do, that's how people lose wheels at speed as the bolts shear under the strain.
Yeah, not impressed. I have a 400nm rattle gun that didnt budge them! Ended up jumping on a fence post placed over a breaker bar. Ridiculous. At least I found them now, rather than the side of the road.
I’m surprised the torque wrench worked that way, all the ones I’ve used are permanently fixed to operate in the other direction (ie you can’t attempt to use it to undo a bolt).
This goes both ways..well used to. Still engages on tightening..but feels terrible and accuracy..well…hmm.
Wheel nuts are not removed to do an inspection for rego. Are you sure it wasn't a tyre shop or dealer when the tyres were replaced last or the wheels rotated?
I watched them remove them to inspect the brakes. Tyre shops equally guilty
@tunzafun001: They don't have to remove the wheels to check the brakes for a rego inspection. It just has to pass a brake test done with a meter and checked for no unusual noises when braking or pulling to one side. The brake system is checked for leaks or other faults but the wheels don't have to be removed to do any of this. I've been doing them for over 30 years. Maybe they were doing extra hoping to be able to sell you some brake pads?
@whitey: Maybe ..but its a plug in Hybrid with regenerative braking..haha!
Still 80% pads left at 150k km
Torque wrenches should NOT be used to loosen bolts. They are intended for tightening only, and using them to loosen stresses the tool in a way that will cause it lose calibration or even break. Loosening torque is also higher than tightening torque, so it's easy to exceed the maximum range of the wrench too.
Use a breaker bar, that's what they're for.
Perfect for babies
Is this or a breaker bar for loosening wheel nuts?
Thanks
Either, maybe both.
I think a breaker bar but this looks interesting as well
This is quite an 'older' piece of equipment to avoid the kickback and noise that is normally created by rattle guns. Works great but the downside is that it is slow, so it never really caught on.
I think the idea came from the mining industry where big rattle guns were (and still are) used for changing a haul truck tire which has quite a few nuts.
I've always assumed if you're taking off a wheel, you have a jack handle ready\available to extend your ratchet by 3ft. Guess not always.
NOT one thing in the clearance catalog was available at my closest (100k's away) repco. am leaving to go to the "BIG" town today and have a coupla bucks for new tools for the new workshop, Supercheap got em instead!
This dumbass thing is in stock but Repcos dumbass website recons "This does not fit your vehicle."
Who here owns 1/2" rattle gun but would waste their $ on this?
This is something that would be good if stuck on the side of the road and don't have the strength to undo the nuts. It's much shorter than storing a breaker bar.
Yeeup. specially if you've had one of those heavy handed Tyre and wheel guys rattle the cr&p outa ya nuts!
I have a telescopic breaker bar like this one and I reckon it's much faster than the torque multiplier.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/supatool-extending-wheel-nut-wre…
Extend to loosen, retract to tighten. I get pretty close to the torque setting doing it this way.
Seems overkill to have to carry this torque multiplier with you in the car. If a shop has over torqued the wheel nuts, check it before you leave. You shouldn't have to be jumping on your wheel brace in an emergency situation on the side of the road. Check it before you go and torque it up correctly.
So you need to brace it with another lug… wonder if it can still be configured or rigged up to help remove a stubborn crankshaft bolt with that large torque multiplier. Bought one to find out
The stability of this mechanism relies on the long cylindrical shape of wheel nuts. I'd imagine it would be more difficult on bolt heads because they are shallower. Maybe you'll need a 2nd pair of hands.
Presumably that brace lug doesn't need to be super tight, otherwise the last nut will be fiddly?
Thanks OP, love seeing products like this that aren't often posted on OzBargain.
I was showing my learner driver how to change the spare on the weekend and found out that neither he or my wife could crack the wheel nuts (torqued to manufacturer spec) with the emergency wrench. I was thinking breaker bar, but through the comments am now aware of 2 alternatives. Now to decide whether any of the options are worth putting in the car permanently.
Agree. An extendable bar like the one linked by lomie above will help in most cases but this looks suitable for people with all sorts of issues - strength, injury, disease (arthritis etc).
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