Thread: Disco 1 - Wheel brace.

easy 27mm

buy it as an impact rated socket and breaker bar..

if you get the tyres mounted at a tyreshop and they do it with a rattle gun you'll pretzle anything less worthy...

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

easy 27mm

buy it as an impact rated socket and breaker bar..

if you get the tyres mounted at a tyreshop and they do it with a rattle gun you'll pretzle anything less worthy...

That's what I was going to say...

Been there done that, bent the original wheel brace to 90 deg trYing to remove a wheel after a tyre shop had used a rattle gun on it. Took the car back and asked them to undo the wheel nuts and they couldnt get them off either because they had damaged them before. So I bought a socket and a extendable bar got the nuts off easy. I also made the tyre shop pay for them, they didnt like it but I told them it was either they pay for the bar and socket or they pay for new wheel nuts.

27 mm size 1/2" drive impact rated sockets ( ie black colour ) can be a bit hard to find. I had to go to a specialist tool shop. As blknight said get a long, strong breaker bar for more leverage. I just use a 1/2" drive breaker bar from an old socket set with a bit steam pipe slid over it as an extender. Fits in the toolbox easier that way. I have bent the bar a bit using it on the alloy rims (probably needs a stronger one )- the steel rims are easier.

Originally Posted by waynep

27 mm size 1/4" drive impact rated sockets ( ie black colour ) can be a bit hard to find. I had to go to a specialist tool shop. As blknight said get a long, strong breaker bar for more leverage. I just use a 1/4" breaker bar from an old socket set with a bit of 3/4" inch steam pipe slid over it as an extender. Fits in the toolbox easier that way. Even with this setup I have bent the bar trying to loosen the alloy wheel nuts.

i dont think you meant 1/4" drive you might of meant 3/4" drive

but a 1/2" drive would be up to the job

Yep I meant 1/2" drive sorry - I'll edit the post.

dont go to 3/4 drive... infact 3/8th impact sockets are rated up to what they need to be for the correct torquing of the rover wheelnuts...

but 3/8 in 27mm is exxxy and the breakers are very small...

27mm impact socket from supercrap, when they have em $17ish dollars and aboutthe same from total tools, priced em today, Ive got 6 of em over the years.

from memoryeither 1 1/8 or 1 1/16th will do the trick