GEARWRENCH 1/2" Drive Flex Handle/Breaker Bar, 24" - 81308D

this breaker bar is awesome. the only one you’ll need (unless you have an unhealthy tool obsession like me, then you need more of course). No but seriously, I got the 24” breaker bar from gearwrench and after many uses now, it’s become my favorite tool that I own. Sure, 1/2” impacts are awesome, but if you’d prefer not to strip your lug nuts, this breaker bar is the bees knees! This is the third or fourth tool I’ve purchased from gearwrench and they’ve made a fanboy out of me. gearwrench is just one of those companies with the Midas touch. 5 gold star stickers to Gearwrench for making AMAZING tools at very reasonable prices.

My breaker bar arrived on time and are a sturdy product. I have used it to break bolts free that were over-torqued to the point that I had to use a cheater bar and hammer to break the bolts loose/ The bar has held up well

It's perfect! You're search has ended for the perfect 15-inch breaker bar! It has a wide assortment of uses like: attaching sockets to it, detaching sockets from it, holding it, swinging it, and throwing it. You can use it for what ever you want, it even functions as a hammer or prybar if you're creative enough. I would rate this with a 7/5 and most definitely would recommend to a friend! Whether you're trying to hold a bolt or bludgeon a an attacking wildebeest to death this is the right tool for the job.

works as it should

Taiwan is definitely a significant step up from mainland China in quality. These have tight tolerances and impressively durable construction. I tend to misuse my tools, so they need to take a lot of hammering, smashing, thrashing, etc. So far, the Gearwrench stuff is excellent, and the socket fit is top notch: tight and controlled. Easily outpaces my old Made in USA Craftsman stuff.

This product was a gift. And the recipient lived it.

Had quite a few ratchet brands over the years. Of the recent ones I like Gearwrench and Tekton best.

What I mean when I say that is if you buy this, you are intending to BREAK something free or BREAK the tool in the process. I'm not saying this isn't strong, but that a breaker bar is meant to either break what it is trying to break or, plainly, break. That being said, I broke my first one of these guys, and they handled the warranty with relative ease. They didn't require a return tool. They just sent me one once I told them I broke it. Great warranty policy. So go break it.

Taking off crank bolt and that baby did about an inch of flex. Maybe less, felt like an inch. Maybe that's a good thing though as not brittle. Returned to straight after, so all good. I'm guessing I put 90-100 lbs of pull, 2ft of handle so 180-200 lbs of torque. Tightened bolt to 160 ish ft/lbs with torque wrench which felt easyish, so .... ?

It’s okay. Not sure if it will be sufficiently strong enough to undo wheel nuts. I’ll look at a Koken breaker bar if it breaks.

I had some stuck caliper bolts to deal with , I had a pleasure of using this breaker bar, didn't struggle much, crack and snoop. Recommended by DYI community.

Strong robust design. Confident with the flex head and nice long handle. 4 stars only because the craftsmanship could be better. Chrome finish looks horrible compared to others and had minor burrs on a couple edges.