countrypapa
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I'm wondering how you are planning to get this nut or bolt back on after you get it off, 12" back in a narrow opening ?.
Need a long 1/4 drive breaker bar
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rust in the eye
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What about swapping a longer bar into a sliding T handle?
rooster59
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Serpentine belt tool is ⅜ drive. Grind whatever sockets you need to get clearance. 12 pt may be a plus.
mreisner
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The Vim stuff is pretty good, could you use it and reduce the size of the handle some like on a belt sander or for that matter just pop it off they're just pressed on?
mreisner
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I would think one of these with a 12-in extension and a tiny bit of shim stock to make it tight would do the job
KnurledNut
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I have an old japanese Truecraft that is over 11” long.
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Viper98912
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Trying to read between the lines of your replies, it looks like you need to fish a very thin bar through a very tight space that doesn't allow you to have very much range of motion to turn the socket. So given that a specially created tool just for this is necessary, but the fact that it'll take you a very long time to make this special tool, I recommend:
1) Drill an access hole, do your work, and plug it afterward
2) Start disassembling.
1) Drill an access hole, do your work, and plug it afterward
2) Start disassembling.
Ohio Andy
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Tekton and gear wrench have a 9" ratchet.
SK has an LP90 model 80182 that is 12" long. Zoro sells it for under $100
Vim breaker bar is 10" long (IBB410)
No name flex ratchet. Extra Long Flexible Head Ratchet 1/4" inch Drive w/ 11" inch Long Handle
SK has an LP90 model 80182 that is 12" long. Zoro sells it for under $100
Vim breaker bar is 10" long (IBB410)
No name flex ratchet. Extra Long Flexible Head Ratchet 1/4" inch Drive w/ 11" inch Long Handle
Damon L.
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I have an old SK 1/2" breaker bar in my toolbox that has a female 1/2" square in the end of the handle, allowing me to add a second breaker bar as an extension.
Seems to me that if you could find this configuration in 1/4" you would be golden.
Seems to me that if you could find this configuration in 1/4" you would be golden.
A 1/4 Matco 88 or Gearwrench 90 has a lower "head height" than a Williams USA breaker bar. This is true in all three drive sizes with either Williams USA and/or SK USA breaker bars. If the width of the head is an issue, then ok, breaker bar. Modern ratchets have basically made breaker bars obsolete, so there isn't much attention paid to them anymore.
cosmokenney
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Sounds like a woman's book club conversation that took a bit of a turn...
Firebrick43
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Sounds like your jealous
Dave455
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Firebrick43
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Why do some picture show it a few inches longer than 9”? Is the mistake on the website or were they longer in the past?Snap On TM9G. 9 inch.
Still on the website….!
mike93lx
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Maybe with time, they have learned how to better use the shorter length?
2ndGearRubber
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Astro 91410 is a 1/4 ratchet. 12" long, but with a tiny head. It held 50ft/lb for me while torquing a strut today. Head is not much bigger than a breaker bar.
I got four ideas for you
snap on XL 0 degree wrench which has a lip on it that extends out.
the 10 mm is 10” long so idk what size socket you were going to use but the 12 and 13 and 14 mm are even longer
Or get you a dual drive socket like one of these from snap on
and put it inside a 11 mm XL box end wrench like the kind I just linked or maybe you got one already.
shop.snapon.com
or get a ratcheting wrench adapter like this and put it in an XL 10 mm box end wrench
or get a cheap breaker bar anvil and pay someone to weld a steel rod to it
snap on XL 0 degree wrench which has a lip on it that extends out.
the 10 mm is 10” long so idk what size socket you were going to use but the 12 and 13 and 14 mm are even longer
Or get you a dual drive socket like one of these from snap on
and put it inside a 11 mm XL box end wrench like the kind I just linked or maybe you got one already.
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or get a ratcheting wrench adapter like this and put it in an XL 10 mm box end wrench
or get a cheap breaker bar anvil and pay someone to weld a steel rod to it
Isn’t this exactly what you are looking for? VIM is generally very good stuff.
VIM Tools 1/4" Drive 10-Position Indexing Breaker Bar (IBB410)
Shop the VIM Tools 1/4" Drive 10-Position Indexing Breaker Bar (IBB410) at JB Tools. Reliable design for tough tasks.www.jbtools.com
I did find this....
10 inches long, made by VIM, 1/4 inch drive
Not sure how good it is. I'm a little skeptical...
Something like this?
firebox40dash5
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I've long had the bad habit of trying to "save time" by doing things in ways that end up taking a lot more time.
I can't see what OP's working on, but this sounds an awful lot like that. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe once it's apart (hours of painstakingly working around obstacles later) you find out you really can't get it back together the way it sits.
KnurledNut
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Thats because that is a flex head ratchet someone swapped to a breaker bar head.
haveissues
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Sounds like this is a one use kind of tool. If you can't weld find someone that can, it will take 5 minutes.
Take a piece of stock whatever length you want and weld a piece of 1/4 extension at whatever angle you need. You could even weld on a socket and make it even more compact. Or sacrifice a gearwrench ratcheting wrench.
Take a piece of stock whatever length you want and weld a piece of 1/4 extension at whatever angle you need. You could even weld on a socket and make it even more compact. Or sacrifice a gearwrench ratcheting wrench.
cherrybomb
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I'm late to the party,members as always have many good solutions.I would of liked some pictures by the OP,always a better understanding of the problem and a quicker,working response by our team
MovingAlong
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OP is definitely in a spiral and I can empathize. To focused on "I need exactly this..." to value a fresh perspective from the 10,000 hrs of problem solving that the average GJ member brings to the table.
I've got a piece of 1" x 1/8" flat stock about 24" long with a cut off tip from a 3/8" extension welded on. Only 1/2" thick or so total, very nice for releasing tensioner pullies in tight areas. The best specialty tools are the custom ones made in the shop - purpose built.
Pictures always help.
I know Masterforce from Menards has a 10.25 long flex head ratchet in 1/4" drive.
The problem is that asking for a specific thing, particularly on a website oriented this way, will always result in a cacophony of 'WHY DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT FOR! (with a 'you dummy' in the undertone). People simply can't help it, it's baked into the cake of male humanity. Some folks are simply unable to answer the question as posed.OP is definitely in a spiral and I can empathize. To focused on "I need exactly this..." to value a fresh perspective from the 10,000 hrs of problem solving that the average GJ member brings to the table.
It is funny how the closest thing to a long breaker bar looks to be a long ratchet, the thing the breaker bar is supposed to save. Given how strong ratchets appear to be on YouTube tests, I wonder sometimes if any but the very largest breaker bars have any value at all.
(on a related note) I've decided lately that 1/4" sockets are pretty cool and wonder what the failure point is. If you take a 5/8" quarter inch drive socket and a good ratchet and push hard, what goes first and at what torque level?
Dixie_Flatline
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I used my 1/4 drive and an old Craftsman bolt extractor on a stuck exhaust manifold stud. Put a wrench on the ratchet as a cheater and it snapped the extractor off. Stuck the remaining bit back into the socket and gave it another go, this time removing the stud. I had very little room to work with, a breaker bar or a longer ratchet wouldn't fit into the space, so the 1/4 drive got to be torture tested.
This is what I was thinking of too, would likely be the most cost effective way to do what he wants to do.
SweetD
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GEARWRENCH 1/4" Drive 72 Tooth Quick Release Locking Flex Slim Head Ratchet, 12" - 81030
eejack
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How about a 1/4" swivel and a long extension?
May not be as strong as a breaker bar but should do the trick.
Kolbalt has a swivel extension that is not in stock...
May not be as strong as a breaker bar but should do the trick.
Kolbalt has a swivel extension that is not in stock...
richfinn
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It's a discussion FORUM, people are going to ask questions, challenge other people's ideas and debate topics, that's how it works.
The OP already knows the answer to his question and has a history of asking odd questions/making ludicrous statements to stir up trouble hence the challenges from other members.
Can't tell us what the application is?
Has previously stated SNAP-ON should be the only option (but can't locate the tool himself)?
But has plenty of time to question perfectly reasonable suggestions like the VIM breaker bar?
He now has you questioning the validity of breaker bars altogether?
It's nonsense
Why bother buying from Harbor Freight when you could instead buy from Snap on?
Sincere question. What is the appeal with HF when Snap on could just as easily be had? Strictly in the arena of mechanic hand tools, tool boxes and the like. Snap on has everything and more at a better quality level and a fair price. And, you don’t need a dealer to buy, although it is nice if...
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If I had said that, I apologize. What I think I said was that perhaps *small* breaker bars are less valuable since ratchets appear to be stronger than I expected. Thank you for your well-meant input.
richfinn
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You are 100% right to question things, my post was more of a heads up not to get sucked into his trolling nonsense (I've Been There Done That)
The Bean
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I was thinking the whole thing was a joke or a scam just to get the GJ membership riled up. There is no special application. He left the chat days ago. End this thread.
IBTL
cherrybomb
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So your saying,I shouldn't wait for pictures
mreisner
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Thanks for the heads up, hopefully somebody will encourage him to move on to another forum.You are 100% right to question things, my post was more of a heads up not to get sucked into his trolling nonsense (I've Been There Done That)