Why ?

[theoldwizard1]

Why do Armstrong, Craftsman and others make their 3/4" breaker bar the same length as their 1/2" bar ?

Are they using the same forging die for the handle and just changing the head ?

 

[PBCampbell]

I'm pretty sure the handles are always thicker to handle the increased load that is likely to happen but finding long length breaker bars in 3/4 is difficult if not impossible. I have 24" 1/2 drive breakers but the longest 3/4 I've seen is 18".

 

[Worsedog]

Because they know you are just going to put a cheater pipe on it anyway.

 

[jakemac]

My guess is so that it fits in a standard toolbox.

 

[Sam'sAutoParts]

I have a 36" +/- 3/4 drive breaker bar, I think it is a Titan IIRC

 

[ATC]

Northern Tool always has 40" bars on the shelf...

I don't think they make them long because of weight, and because they would bend.

A solid bar of steel will bend much easier than a hollow pipe. And when you are talking about the torque numbers of 3/4"....it's easy to do.

 

[wild cowboy]

dude, you need The Persuader! - I love mine!

 

[supersteve]

I wondered this same thing a year or two back. I just sucked it up and got the Snap-on setup, which is to say a ratchet head, breaker head and 36" handle. This probably isn't a good investment for limited or occasional use.
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/tools.asp?tool=&Group_ID=674954&store=snapon-store
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item...roup_ID=674949&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item...roup_ID=674950&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog

 

[PBCampbell]

Northern Tool always has 40" bars on the shelf...

I don't think they make them long because of weight, and because they would bend.

A solid bar of steel will bend much easier than a hollow pipe

. And when you are talking about the torque numbers of 3/4"....it's easy to do.

Say what?
I can guarantee my own ability at bending a "tube" opposed to a round solid given the same material and outside dimension.

 

[KinzeMech]

You can always put a pipe on it to make it bigger, but you can't practically make it smaller to work around obstructions.

I'm pretty sure a 3/4" breaker bar is made with the intention of piping it. Why else do they make the handle fit so nicely in a pipe?

 

[Sterff]

I wondered this same thing a year or two back. I just sucked it up and got the Snap-on setup, which is to say a ratchet head, breaker head and 36" handle. This may be too rich for your purposes.
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/tools.asp?tool=&Group_ID=674954&store=snapon-store
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item...roup_ID=674949&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item...roup_ID=674950&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog

You can get a williams head ( basically the same thing) for alot cheaper.

 

[RedneckWelder]

I asked about this some months ago. I work in a shop where cheater pipes are verboten.

They leave them short to fit nicely in the box and also a lot of people will put a cheater pipe on them.

There are some companies that make 36" + ratchets and breaker bars, we use the Titan 1" drive 42" bars at work, throw and adapter on them for 3/4 or even down to 1/2"

Oh, and I was putting enough torque on one of the Snap On handles to very noticably bend it

And believe me, I use it enough to make it worth having a long 'un.

 

[BK13]

dude, you need The Persuader! - I love mine!

Great, something else I didn't know I needed until now!

 

[supersteve]

You can get a williams head ( basically the same thing)......

Good point, this is undoubtedly the way to go for most folks. I'm on toolsdelivered but I'm not seeing a 36" handle. I wonder if Williams has one or if you can use the Snap-on one. Or you could make your own.

.....for alot cheaper.

Then again, I'm a cheapskate. It's not like I paid full retail for this thing.

 

[see pictures]

Got the tekton 40" only used once so far.

 

[Mike007]

Got the tekton 40" only used once so far.

Ive got the same one. I think I only paid $40 for it on sale at Northern. It works.

 

[Sterff]

Good point, this is undoubtedly the way to go for most folks. I'm on toolsdelivered but I'm not seeing a 36" handle. I wonder if Williams has one or if you can use the Snap-on one. Or you could make your own.

The only problem with the Williams head is that it requires a 13/16" handle, where as the Snap-on, has a 15/16" handle. Snap-on used to make longer handles in the 13/16" size if you can find one. If you have to just slide a pipe over the 20" handle. I have a tekton breaker bar as well too.

I bought mine from here...

http://www.industrialsupplydenver.com/wi3rerachmai.html

 

[Wakefield]

S*K 3/4" bar is only about as long as a Craftsman but I suspect people use jack handles on them --or Russian Olympic weightlifters.

 

[Wakefield]

The pin in the S*K is thicker-looks to be 9/16"? than the one in the 40 inch long Titan (which is a bolt rather than pin) that looks to be an M10 but is not a true axle bolt (doesn't have the definite step to a larger diameter than the thread diameter) both 3/4" drive bars

 

[Wakefield]

Grip,Tekton,Neiko and Titan all show 40" long forked head on handle style 3/4" bars that look much the same? Wonder if some of them are the same?