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Old 11-01-2013, 03:45 PM   #718
Bill Bumface
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Originally Posted by Shawnski View Post
There are 3/8" and 1/2" drives. Bigger is usually stronger for handling the torque.
The breaker bars that can handle 500 ft-lbs are 3/4" drive. I use one of those with an adapter to take 1/2" sockets for most things auto. Things like axle nuts can be around 250ft-lbs and a total pain with anything that isn't a massively long, strong breaker bar.
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