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Wheel change -- How retarded am I?
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troyguitar
Go Kart Champion
I also just got a decent 1/2" breaker bar and leave a 17mm deepwell permanently attached to it in the car. No need to also leave a torque wrench in the car IMO... you can always retorque when you get home.
mkvince
Go Kart Champion
troyguitar
Go Kart Champion
I just like to take a minimalist approach. Unless I'm going to the race track that is, then I bring every tool and part that I own.
thedude4bides
Go Kart Champion
That's weird... I changed all 4 of my wheels using the BS tools that come stock in the trunk. I have to think that somewhere along the way someone over tightened you nuts.
Rascal
Ready to race!
After the shop rotated my wheels I could NOT get the lugs off with the stock wrench. I had a 6 foot plumbing pipe in my garage and slipped that over the stock wrench. I thought I was going to break something but the lugs came off 
addle:
Ordered a 24" breaker bar from Harbor Freight and carry that in the trunk. Of course that scissor jack, referred to as "the widow maker", still lurks in there.
addle:Ordered a 24" breaker bar from Harbor Freight and carry that in the trunk. Of course that scissor jack, referred to as "the widow maker", still lurks in there.
troyguitar
Go Kart Champion
Same, I tried it just for grins when I was changing my tires and quickly realized they were way too tight to use the stock wrench with any reasonable amount of force. Yeah I might have been able to get it loose if I had to on the side of the road, but they were definitely way too tight.
dustinouch
Go Kart Champion
I keep these in my hatch:
http://www.harborfreight.com/1-2-half-inch-drive-click-type-torque-wrench-239.html
http://www.harborfreight.com/12-drive-25-breaker-bar-67933.html
That breaker bar makes things sooo much easier.
http://www.harborfreight.com/1-2-half-inch-drive-click-type-torque-wrench-239.html
http://www.harborfreight.com/12-drive-25-breaker-bar-67933.html
That breaker bar makes things sooo much easier.
littleazn248
Go Kart Champion
When I saw the jack I just laughed at vw's half assed tool.
Golfmk6 on the go!
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nik
Go Kart Champion
Since OP is in Canuckistan, Princess Auto = Harbor Freight
I have had this issue since I started using/ changing winters on my old car. I carry a 3-4 foot long piece of thick wall PVC pipe in my trunk at all times (though steel or the like would be better, but found it in my basement) and slip it over the factory wrench whenever I need to undo my bolts. It works wonders, and beats standing on the wrench and jumping on it. I always fear that approach may snap a bolt altogether.
I have had this issue since I started using/ changing winters on my old car. I carry a 3-4 foot long piece of thick wall PVC pipe in my trunk at all times (though steel or the like would be better, but found it in my basement) and slip it over the factory wrench whenever I need to undo my bolts. It works wonders, and beats standing on the wrench and jumping on it. I always fear that approach may snap a bolt altogether.
LightningRhod
Go Kart Champion
That jack is pretty shit though. The one in my 2001 Toyota Echo was waaay better surprisingly.