rpg51

This is a DIY but who the heck owns a 3/4 inch drive breaker bar?

climhazzard

Anyone who wants to do this DIY without risking snapping a 1/2" drive

Northern Tool and Harbor Freight both sell 3/4" drive breaker bars.

cosmomiller

Ebay and Amazon are good options too. I used a piece of fence rail pipe to make it easy.

Chuck S

I'm sure my 3/4" breaker bar came from Harbor Freight. Not sure where I got the 36mm socket. Both are available for use free of charge in Cleveland. The breaker bar had to be welded after we broke it removing the front pulley on my buddy's engine for a supercharger install. Wheel nut didn't phase it at all.

-- Chuck

rpg51

Anybody in northern new england have a 3/4 inch drive breaker bar I could beg borrow or steal for a few days?

Jah2000

I got the Powerbuilt brand (a cheap Pep Boys tool brand iirc?). Shouldn't be too bad since it has lifetime warranty. Ratchet was $30 and socket was $15 on eBay. Best deal I could find for something that wasn't a totally unknown or generic brand. $45 total...

Of course I didn't wanna buy a tool that I'd only use once. But the way I saw/justified it was - it is still cheaper than a shop's typical hourly labor rate ($80-120/hr).

dwight

Thanks. Your video is nice too.

har-vey

I'm getting a knocking noise when i push the drive shaft back and forth on the drivers side. Could this be the due to the axle nut or would this be my CV joint failing?

I can't see any movement between the CV and hub

231sea

Do you need a deep 36mm socket or the standard ones are fine? The breaker bar has a swivel head, but I think it's preferable to maintain a 90 degree angle, correct? I'm also worried when the breaker bar gets too close to the car body. So would a deep socket work better?

Chuck S

Standard depth socket worked for me. These are pretty big in 3/4" drive. Didn't get near the car body that I recall. Problem with deep sockets (and extensions) for is is they wobble. Keep the handle as close to the nut as possible.

Don't worry about 90°, you're not using a torque wrench, just removing, cleaning, greasing, and re-tightening to the next flat on the nut. I stood on the wrench handle to get enough torque for that 60° rotation.

-- Chuck