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Subject:Re: Putting on tires: three hands
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:26:35 -0700

"For changing wheels/tires road side there is nothing like have a
quality breaker bar and socket. The bar makes a great lever to lift the
tire to get the first bolt started."

<Rocket J Squirrel looks at his 24'' long, 1/2-inch drive breaker bar
with 19mm socket, packed expressly for tire-changing...and face-palms.>

D'oh!

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Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 08/28/2012 03:40 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
> On the rotors there is not enough room in the back for press in studs
> with heads on them. Most aftermarket studs do not have enough thread
> under the shoulder to go all the way through and I find them to be of
> questionable quality both material and thread tolerance. I just don't
> trust them. For changing wheels/tires road side there is nothing like
> have a quality breaker bar and socket. The bar makes a great lever to
> lift the tire to get the first bolt started.

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