A simple yet effective tool

"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword) 03/29/2019 at 15:05 • Filed to: None

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Got a rock or somesuch stuck in my brake dust shield. Made a racket to and from work, and somehow worked its way loose overnight. Regardless, this is the first time I’ve taken the wheels off since I’ve bought it. Wanted to use the wrench that came with the car, and was greeted with this little gem:

Folds shut for compactness, 90 degrees for torque, then flat again for quick spinning. First I've seen like this. For whatever engineer managed to make such a good tool cheaply, being stamped and welded, my hat is off to you sir.

and 100 more > My bird IS the word 03/29/2019 at 15:08

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Works great, but don’t use it often. That steel is soft and will get rounded out by your lugs if you use it as your primary lug wrench.

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > and 100 more 03/29/2019 at 15:13

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^ this x 1000

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > My bird IS the word 03/29/2019 at 15:22

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Wait until you try to take off a wheel that’s been over torqued by an impact wrench and you need to stand on it to loosen. It will never be folded again 

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > My bird IS the word 03/29/2019 at 15:27

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My N eon had that, as did many other chrylser products from the 90's and 2000's. Works well but too much force on a stuck nut can bend the hinge points

My bird IS the word > and 100 more 03/29/2019 at 15:28

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Huh. Seemed pretty robust to me

MonkeePuzzle > My bird IS the word 03/29/2019 at 15:30

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this appears to be a large pipe. likely for the smoking of the drugs

and 100 more > My bird IS the word 03/29/2019 at 15:34

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Its fine the first couple hundred times you use it (assume you actually “use” it 5 times per wheel x 2 two uses per lug to loosen and then tighten, that’s 1 0 “uses” to take off and reinstall just one wheel ) , but it will eventually round out if you keep using it.

Don’t get me wrong , they’re great to have in an emergency. But at home, leave it in the trunk.

My bird IS the word > MonkeePuzzle 03/29/2019 at 16:02

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Funny, I didn't think the focus came with LSD

BigBlock440 > My bird IS the word 03/29/2019 at 16:36

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That little hook on the end, that’s for hubcaps.

BigBlock440 > My bird IS the word 03/29/2019 at 16:36

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That little hook on the end, that’s for hubcaps.

Brickman > My bird IS the word 03/29/2019 at 18:01

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My 96 caravan had the same exact wrench. 

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 03/29/2019 at 19:59

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Hot tip: don’t stand on the wrench if doing wheels by han d. Instead, position the wrench so you’re pulling up on it. Lift with your legs . They can exert more up wards force than just your own weight pressing down.

GLiddy > My bird IS the word 03/29/2019 at 21:43

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I have that one too and I’m fairly certain that with continued use the pivot pin will shear or the soft steel handle will bend or rip at that pin. The first thing I bought when I got a house of m y own with a garage was a 20" 4-way lug wrench. I’ve got a smaller one that I used to keep in my car but I seem to have lost now. I found that one on my parents lawn after some pinhead dropped it while trying to smash mailboxes in the neighborhood. Served me well for being free.