Get yourself a set of axle stands too as its always safer to have a car supported on these when working on it. Never trust a jack! 17mm socket is the size you need for your nuts and use a 1/2" drive socket on a breaker bar to crack them off and never apply copper grease to the wheel nut threads
Thanks Sean I have seen a few recommend sgs engineering as they do deals. Would you recommend a 1/2 breaker bar? I'm also looking at a torque wrench but I'm not sure what to look at.
Halfords should have what you need but check out Machine Mart too Rob as they can sometimes be cheaper! I have a few Torque wrenches but one is specifically for wheels and is set to 110 and the others are for engine work etc, I think they are Clarke's? My breaker bars are a mixture but mostly Sealeys and one Halfords Professional
The Halfords range is good and that trolley jack deal is good plus its a nice low jack which is perfect for the mini. If you get yourself a lump of wood about 1 1/2" thick by about a foot long you can jack the car off the sill and use the axle stands on the jacking points. Just make sure the lump of wood is tight to the inner lip of the sill. You can fire up one side on axle stands in one go using this method
I certainly didn't pay £25 for it, and it only fits inside my older trolley jack. Nothing fits in my newer Halfords trolley jack, in fact it doesn't even have a handle and it weighs a ton - thanks Halfords :crying:
No offence, but now you're scaring me.
Everyone has to start somewhere, but I'm saying you're scaring me because I've seen your previous posts :big_grin:
I've 3 Halfords torque wrenches, for differing torque ranges.
They're very good.
I recommend all of Halfords own brand stuff, especially the socket sets they sell which you've also got.
I just wish they'd stop selling bi-hex sockets ::frown::
Sounds good to me Sean. I already have spanners in that set but I suppose you can never have enough. I've ordered that oil filter socket
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