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Employing Advanced Leverage and Tool Failure

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At Least The Weld Held! 😂

What happens here

Following the failure of the first tool, the mechanic attempts to use the factory-supplied 'Ford wrench', which also breaks. This confirms the severity of the overtightened lug nuts. A long, white pipe is then introduced and identified as a 'six-foot cheater bar', indicating the necessity of extreme leverage to break the lug nuts free.

Goal: After the initial wrench breaks, another standard tool, identified as the 'Ford wrench' that came with the vehicle, also fails. This forces the mechanic to resort to a 'cheater bar' to gain sufficient leverage.

Tools and materials

  • Cheater Bar (long pipe)
  • Factory Ford Wrench (Tire Iron)
  • Ratchet

What they say

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four-way just popped it right apart then the actual Ford rid that came with the Ford and he eventually pulled out the old big Craftsman right here with this big old cheater bar and uh finally got the last one off yeah six foot cheater bar all right these things were on there did not need to be over tightened all these right here were over Titan and that one actually was completely loose

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