Cheapest I can find a brand one of these, It's the same model as the one in the first comment link which gets excellent reviews. Much better than the crappy thing that comes with most cars.
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Proveright
19 Apr 177#3
Don't bother, they buckle under stress if the wheel nuts are to tight. Especially if your tyre fitter tightened the nuts with an air gun.
You are better off paying a bit more for a breaker bar and keep it in the boot, to use with your socket set.
ycsb
19 Apr 173#2
Vital thing to have in your car should you need to change a tyre. The tiny manufacturer supplied ones are beyond hopeless. Hot.
Vital thing to have in your car should you need to change a tyre. The tiny manufacturer supplied ones are beyond hopeless. Hot.
Proveright
19 Apr 177#3
Don't bother, they buckle under stress if the wheel nuts are to tight. Especially if your tyre fitter tightened the nuts with an air gun.
You are better off paying a bit more for a breaker bar and keep it in the boot, to use with your socket set.
harveybq to Proveright
20 Apr 17#8
This... ^^^
The bend on these is not tight enough so you end up damaging the socket, or even worse the wheel nuts when it inevitably slips grazing your hand in the process.
Socket and standard breaker bar all day long.
flintstone
19 Apr 17#4
excellent, I lost one of my sockets when I got rid of my last car, hopefully these sockets will be the same fitting, if not I've got a replacement Wheel Brace either way
heat added
knobbly
19 Apr 171#5
£5 in wilkinsons. Think I'd prefer to pay the extra 50p and buy locally .
slowcyclist to knobbly
20 Apr 17#11
I bought the wilkos one and it bent the first time i used it. As suggested by one of the other posters, a breaker bar with the correct size socket is much better. On a similar note, I also keep a small bottle jack in the boot to use instead of the supplied jack.
vulcanproject
19 Apr 171#6
Now all I need is a car with a spare tyre. I haven't owned a car with one for about 10 years lol
mmachine
19 Apr 171#7
these should come with a 21mm and 23mm socket as well i wonder how many people buy this then do not realize the socket does not fit the wheel studs on there car,so check to make sure your car wheel users 17mm or 19mm studs
you_gotta_be_kidding to mmachine
20 Apr 17#14
Of course some cars do have 21 or 23, but mainly larger wheels. All of my cars have had either 17 or 19, also all of my vans are 19.... If you have a 21 or 23 this is obviously not for you
MrHappy37
20 Apr 17#9
Had one of these for years and its great. Never needed any other size socket than the sizes supplied, despite having changed car many times. Mine has never bent even though it has been stood on to open bolts that were way over tightened by the previous owners of cars ive had.
When tightening wheel bolts dont use the handle extended as this will overtighten them.
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You are better off paying a bit more for a breaker bar and keep it in the boot, to use with your socket set.
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Cheapest on ebay is £6.99
You are better off paying a bit more for a breaker bar and keep it in the boot, to use with your socket set.
The bend on these is not tight enough so you end up damaging the socket, or even worse the wheel nuts when it inevitably slips grazing your hand in the process.
Socket and standard breaker bar all day long.
heat added
When tightening wheel bolts dont use the handle extended as this will overtighten them.